rörde

Röra is a Swedish verb meaning to move, stir, or touch. The form rörde is its simple past tense, used to describe actions completed in the past. The present tense is rör, and the past participle is rört. The verb is irregular, with the vowel change that marks many common everyday actions, such as rört or rörde in various constructions (for example, han rörde om i grytan, she moved or stirred the pot).

In addition to its verbal sense, röra also exists as a noun. En röra denotes a mixture, a mash, or a loose collection of ingredients or items. In cooking, a röra might refer to a whipped or blended mixture, such as en dillröra or en ägg- och sillröra. The noun can also describe a chaotic or disorganized situation in informal usage, as in en riktig röra.

Usage notes and idioms include the phrasal verb röra om, meaning to stir again or rearrange, and röra vid, meaning to touch or interfere with someone or something. Röra sig is commonly used to indicate physical movement, as in människor rörde sig långsamt, or to describe changing locations or positions.

Etymologically, röra belongs to the Germanic family and has cognates in Norwegian and Danish (røre). In Swedish, the verb forms rör, rörde, and rört are standard inflections, while röra as a noun covers culinary and metaphorical meanings. The term remains widely used in everyday speech, cooking, and written Swedish.