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Swedish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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redlig (comparative redligare, superlative redligast)

honest
Synonyms: redbar, hederlig, oförvitlig

Antonym: oredlig

Declension

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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.

“redlig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“redlig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“redlig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
redlig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)