redlig

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish redheliker (“due; right; honest”), from Middle Low German redelik. Compare German redlich.

Adjective

redlig (comparative redligare, superlative redligast)

1. honest

   Synonyms: redbar, hederlig, oförvitlig

   Antonym: oredlig

Declension

Inflection of redlig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	redlig	redligare	redligast
neuter singular	redligt	redligare	redligast
plural	redliga	redligare	redligast
masculine plural2	redlige	redligare	redligast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	redlige	redligare	redligaste
all	redliga	redligare	redligaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• redlighet

Related terms

• reda
• redig
• redlös

References

• redlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• redlig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• redlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• redlig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• glider