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rätt

“rätt” is a Swedish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. right, correct

adverb

  1. rightly, correctly
  2. rather, fairly, pretty

noun

  1. a dish; a specific type of prepared food
  2. law (the regulation of a community through enforceable rules, considered as a system or domain of study)
  3. a court; place where justice is administered, also the assembly which administers justice
  4. a right; something one is legally entitled to

Etymology

From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós. Doublet of rät.

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