Right

"Right" in Swedish

höger

(of direction, opposite of left)

höger

((politics) conservative)

högra

((geography) of river bank to the right when facing downstream)

korrekt

(complying with justice, correct — see also be right)

rak

((archaic) straight, not bent — see also straight)

riktig

(complying with justice, correct — see also be right)

riktig

(real; veritable)

rät

((geometry) of an angle, measuring 90 degrees)

rätt

(complying with justice, correct — see also be right)

rätt

(appropriate, fit for purpose)

just

(exactly)

precis

(exactly)

riktigt

(very, extremely)

rätt

(in a correct manner)

till höger

(towards the right side)

åt höger

(on the right side)

åt höger

(towards the right side)

eller hur

(checking agreement)

eller hur

(adding seriousness or decisiveness before a statement)

inte sant

(checking agreement)

just det

(changing the subject in a discussion)

precis

(yes, that is correct; I agree)

va

(checking agreement)

visst

(yes, that is correct; I agree)

visst

(I have no opinion)

visst

(adding seriousness or decisiveness before a statement)

höger

(right, not left, side)

höger sida

(right, not left, side)

högern

(right-wing politicians and parties)

rätt

(legal or moral entitlement — see also entitlement, privilege, prerogative)

rättighet

(legal or moral entitlement — see also entitlement, privilege, prerogative)

korrigera

(to correct)

räta

(to set upright)

räta upp

(to set upright)

räta upp sig

((intransitive) to return to normal upright position)

rätta

(to correct)

rätta

(to set upright)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.