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rette

Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rɛtə/, [ˈʁad̥ə], [ˈʁɑd̥ə]

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse rétta, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (“to right”), cognate with English right, German richten. Derived from the adjective *rehtaz (“right, straight”).

Verb

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rette (imperative ret, infinitive at rette, present tense retter, past tense rettede, perfect tense har rettet)

  1. to straighten, adjust (to make even)
  2. to aim, direct, turn, address (to send in a certain direction)
  3. to correct, rectify (to make right)
  4. to mark, grade (to evaluate a written assignment)
Conjugation
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Conjugation of rette
active passive
present retter rettes
past rettede rettedes
infinitive rette rettes
imperative ret —
participle
present rettende
past rettet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund retten
Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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rette

  1. definite singular of ret
  2. plural of ret

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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rette

  1. (obsolete) dative singular of ret
    only used in these fixed expressions: i rette (“correcting”), med rette (“rightly”), til rette (“orderly”)

German

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

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rette

  1. inflection of retten:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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rette

  1. to save
  2. to rescue

Further reading

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  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “rette”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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rette f

  1. plural of retta

Etymology 2

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Participle

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rette f pl

  1. feminine plural of retto

Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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rette

  1. definite singular of rett
  2. plural of rett

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse retta.

Verb

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rette (imperative rett, present tense retter, passive rettes, simple past and past participle retta or rettet, present participle rettende)

  1. to correct
  2. to right, straighten
  3. to aim, direct
Derived terms
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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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rette f (definite singular retta, indefinite plural retter, definite plural rettene)

  1. the right side of a piece of clothing
    Coordinate term: range

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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rette

  1. definite singular of rett
  2. plural of rett

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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rette m

  1. (now used only in fixed expressions) dative singular of rett
    Antonym: urette
Derived terms
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Etymology 4

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Verb

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rette (present tense rettar, past tense retta, past participle retta, passive infinitive rettast, present participle rettande, imperative rette/rett)

  1. alternative form of retta

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Anagrams

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