Rydde

Rydde is a Norwegian verb meaning to tidy up, clean, or clear away, and to make space by removing clutter or disorder. The sense extends from everyday domestic cleaning to broader acts of clearing or organizing, including making room for something new or removing obstacles in a process.

In everyday use, rydde combines with particles to form common phrasal verbs: rydde opp (to tidy up or resolve a problem), rydde ned (to tidy down or remove items from a surface), and rydde bort (to put away). It can also mean to clear a space, as in rydde plass, or to sort out a situation, as in rydde opp i noe.

Grammar: The infinitive is å rydde. Present tense is rydder; past tense and the past participle are ryddet, used with har in compound tenses (har ryddet). The noun rydding denotes tidying or clearing.

Origin and related forms: Rydde is native to Norwegian and has cognates in related Scandinavian languages.

Forestry and land management: In forestry terms, rydding or skogrydding refers to clearing trees to create open space, such as for roads, agriculture, or development.