räd

See also: raed, ræd, and Appendix:Variations of "rad"

Swedish

Alternative forms

• raid

Etymology

From English raid, from Scots raid, from Old English rād, from Proto-West Germanic *raidu, from Proto-Germanic *raidō, from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“ride”). Doublet of rajd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛːd/
• Rhymes: -ɛːd

Noun

räd c

1. raid; a hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray
2. raid; an attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering

   Synonyms: (police raid) polisrazzia, (police raid) razzia

Declension

Declension of räd

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	räd	räds
	definite	räden	rädens
plural	indefinite	räder	räders
	definite	räderna	rädernas

Derived terms

• gryningsräd

References

• räd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• där