rättat

Rättat is a Swedish past participle of the verb rätta, which means to correct, rectify, or set right. It is primarily used in verb phrases to express that an action of correcting has been completed, typically with the auxiliary have (har) or had (hade). It also appears in passive constructions in contexts where the action is carried out by someone else, or when describing a completed correction.

In everyday language, rättat most commonly appears in perfect tenses. Examples include Jag har rättat felet i rapporten (I have corrected the error in the report) and Läraren hade rättat proven innan lektionen började (The teacher had corrected the tests before the lesson began). In passive form, the related form rättades is used: Felen rättades av läraren (The mistakes were corrected by the teacher).

Etymologically, rätta stems from the Scandinavian root seen in Danish rette and Norwegian rette, with deeper ties to older Germanic words meaning to straighten or set right. The term is widely used across contexts where errors, misprints, or inconsistencies are identified and corrected, such as education, journalism, editing, law, and administration.

Related concepts include rättelse (correction or rectification) and rättningar (corrections). While rättat denotes the completed action of correcting, the base verb rätta covers the broader sense of making something correct or right, including ongoing or future corrections when conjugated in other tenses.