correctness

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Etymology tree English correct Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English correctness From correct + -ness.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: správnost — freedom from error
• Dutch: correctheid — freedom from error
• Dutch: juistheid — freedom from error
• Finnish: virheettömyys — freedom from error
• French: exactitude — freedom from error
• French: justesse — freedom from error
• Georgian: სისწორე (sisc̣ore) — freedom from error
• German: Richtigkeit — freedom from error
• German: Korrektheit — freedom from error
• Greek: ορθότητα (orthótita) — freedom from error
• Irish: cruinneas — freedom from error
• Italian: correttezza — freedom from error
• Latvian: pareizība — freedom from error
• Latvian: pareizums — freedom from error
• Norwegian Bokmål: riktighet — freedom from error
• Persian: درستی (dorosti) — freedom from error
• Romanian: corectitudine — freedom from error
• Russian: пра́вильность (právilʹnostʹ) — freedom from error
• Spanish: corrección — freedom from error
• Swedish: korrekthet — freedom from error
• Ottoman Turkish: صواب (savab) — freedom from error
• Ukrainian: пра́вильність (právylʹnistʹ) — freedom from error
• Finnish: oikeellisuus — conformity to the truth or to fact
• French: exactitude — conformity to the truth or to fact
• French: véracité — conformity to the truth or to fact
• Georgian: სისწორე (sisc̣ore) — conformity to the truth or to fact
• Georgian: სინამდვილე (sinamdvile) — conformity to the truth or to fact
• German: Richtigkeit — conformity to the truth or to fact
• Greek: ορθότητα (orthótita) — conformity to the truth or to fact
• Italian: correttezza — conformity to the truth or to fact
• Latvian: pareizība — conformity to the truth or to fact
• Latvian: pareizums — conformity to the truth or to fact
• Russian: ве́рность (vérnostʹ) — conformity to the truth or to fact
• Russian: пра́вильность (právilʹnostʹ) — conformity to the truth or to fact
• Ukrainian: пра́вильність (právylʹnistʹ) — conformity to the truth or to fact
• Finnish: standardinmukaisuus — conformity to recognized standards
• Georgian: წესიერება (c̣esiereba) — conformity to recognized standards
• Georgian: მართებულობა (martebuloba) — conformity to recognized standards
• Georgian: კორექტულობა (ḳorekṭuloba) — conformity to recognized standards
• Italian: correttezza — conformity to recognized standards
• Latvian: pareizība — conformity to recognized standards
• Latvian: pareizums — conformity to recognized standards
• Russian: корре́ктность (korréktnostʹ) — conformity to recognized standards
• Spanish: correctitud — conformity to recognized standards
• Ukrainian: коре́ктність (koréktnistʹ) — conformity to recognized standards
• Finnish: virheettömyys — computing: state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification
• German: Korrektheit — computing: state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification
• Russian: корре́ктность (korréktnostʹ) — computing: state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification