Swedish noun

ett roder

rudder

Meaning

rudder

In Swedish: styranordning på en båt eller ett flygplan

Forms

Forms of roder
Singular, indefinite	ett roder
Singular, definite	rodret
Plural, indefinite	roder
Plural, definite	rodren

roder is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort roder, det stora rodret. Check another noun

Practise roder

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Is it en roder or ett roder?

roder in a sentence

vrida (på) rodret
turn the rudder

Questions

What does roder mean in English?

roder means “rudder”.

Is it en roder or ett roder?

It is ett roder, and “the rudder” is rodret.

What is the plural of roder?

roder doesn't change in the plural: ett roder, två roder (definite: rodren).

Origin

Borrowed from Middle Low German roder, from Old Saxon *rōthar, from Proto-West Germanic *rōþr.

Nearby common words

roder is number 6,230 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,226utbyta exchange
6,227känga boot
6,228manöver manoeuvre, manoeuver (US)
6,229radie radius
6,231dussintals dozens, dozen
6,232genialisk synonym of genial
6,233mager bony, skinny
6,234ämnad meant, intended

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary