riktig — meaning in English

English meaning

• correct adj Free from mistakes; accurate or true.
• proper adj Right, fitting, or appropriate for a given purpose or situation.
• real adj Actually existing or happening, rather than imagined, fictional, or invented.
• right adj Correct, true, or in accordance with fact or good judgment.

Senses

riktig is used for these senses in English:

• correct Free from error; true; accurate.
• for real (informal) Genuine, true; serious, earnest.
• proper Belonging to oneself or itself; own. [14th c.]
• real Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
• real Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
• right Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
• right Real; veritable (used emphatically).

correct — full definition

1. adj Free from mistakes; accurate or true.
2. verb To fix an error or make something right.

proper — full definition

1. adj Right, fitting, or appropriate for a given purpose or situation.
2. adj Following accepted standards of behaviour or manners; correct and decorous.
3. adj Belonging specifically and exclusively to a particular person or thing; used especially in "proper noun" for the name of a specific person, place, or thing.

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