recht

See also: Recht

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛxt/

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• Hyphenation: recht
• Rhymes: -ɛxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch recht, from Old Dutch reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.

Adjective

recht (comparative rechter, superlative rechtst)

1. right (direction)
2. straight

   in een rechte lijn

   in a straight line

   Antonym: krom

Inflection

Declension of recht
uninflected	recht
inflected	rechte
comparative	rechter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		recht	rechter	het rechtst het rechtste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	rechte	rechtere	rechtste
	n. sing.	recht	rechter	rechtste
	plural	rechte	rechtere	rechtste
definite		rechte	rechtere	rechtste
partitive		rechts	rechters	—

Derived terms

• rechts

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch recht, from Old Dutch reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą, a substantive derivation of the adjective.

Noun

recht n (plural rechten, diminutive rechtje n)

1. a right, privilege

   Je hebt het recht niet om dat te doen!

   You don't have the right to do that!

2. justice

   Noemt u dit recht? Ik noem dit onrecht.

   Do you call this justice? I call this injustice.

   Deze kale vloer doet het huis geen recht aan.

   This boring floor doesn't do the house any justice.

3. jurisprudence, the law

   Het recht omtrent cybercriminaliteit is momenteel nog erg onduidelijk.

   Jurisprudence concerning cybercrime is currently still very unclear.

   Het recht heeft beslist.

   The law has decided.

Derived terms

• berechten (“to judge, try in a court of law”)
• burgerrecht n (“civil right”)
• dierenrechten n pl (“animal rights”)
• gewoonterecht n (“common law”)
• grondrecht n (“fundamental right”)
• publiekrecht n (“public law”)
• rechter m (“judge”)
• rechtop (“upright, erect”)
• rechtsgeleerde m or f (“jurist, jurisconsult”)
• rechtsgeleerdheid f (“jurisprudence”)
• voorrecht n (“privilege”)

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: reg

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

recht

1. (deprecated template usage) first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of rechten
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of rechten

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German reht (compare Yiddish רעכט (rekht)), from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (“right, straight”) (compare Icelandic réttur, Dutch recht, English right, Danish ret), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.

Pronunciation

• (Germany) IPA^(key): /ʁɛçt/, [ʁɛçtʰ]
• (Austria, Switzerland) IPA^(key): /rɛçt/, [rɛçtʰ]
• Rhymes: -ɛçt

• Audio

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Adjective

recht (comparative rechter, superlative am rechtesten)

1. right (direction)
2. proper, correct
3. true, real
4. just, lawful

Derived terms

• rechte Hand f (“right hand; right-hand man, right-hand woman”)
• rechter Winkel

Adverb

recht

1. very, quite

   Es ist recht warm heute Abend. ― It's quite warm tonight.

   recht klein ― smallish

2. well, right

   ganz recht ― that's right

3. exactly

Related terms

• Recht n (“a right, privilege; a title, claim; the law”)

Further reading

• “recht” in Duden online

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reçt/

Adjective

recht

1. right

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.

Adjective

recht

1. straight, not bent
2. upright
3. right, exact
4. righteous
5. lawful, rightful
6. true

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: recht
  • Afrikaans: reg
• Limburgish: rèch

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą, a substantive derivation of the adjective.

Noun

recht n

1. law, right, duty
2. righteousness, justness
3. justice, jurisprudence, law
4. jurisdiction
5. right, what one is entitled to by law
6. truth

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: recht
  • Afrikaans: reg
• Limburgish: rèch

Further reading

• “recht (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “recht (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “recht (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “recht (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• rect

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r͈ʲext/

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Celtic *rextus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-tus. Cognate with Welsh rhaith (“a right, entitlement”) (from Proto-Brythonic *reiθ (“rule, law”)) and indirectly German Recht (“law”) (from Proto-Germanic *rehtą (“a right, privilege”)).

Noun

recht m (genitive rechto or rechta, nominative plural rechtae)

1. law
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19^b1

     massu rect fíriánigedar cách

     if it is law that justifies everyone

2. lawfulness, right

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	recht, rect	rechtL, rect	rechtaeH, recte
Vocative	recht, rect	rechtL, rect	rechtu
Accusative	rechtN, rect	rechtL, rect	rechtu
Genitive	rechtoH, rect(t)oH, rec(h)ta	rechtoL, rect(t)oL, rec(h)ta	rechtaeN
Dative	rechtL, rect	rechtaib	rechtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• rechtach
• rechtaid
• rechtaide
• rechtaire
• rechtas
• rechtge
• rechtmar

 

Descendants

• Irish: reacht
• Scottish Gaelic: reachd

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

recht m

1. paroxysm, outburst (of anger, passion, etc.)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• rechtmar (“passionate, furious”, adjective)

Descendants

• Irish: racht

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

recht ?

1. the itch, impetigo

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

recht ?

1. law-abiding person, person of legal status

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
recht also rrecht after a proclitic	recht pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 recht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 recht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 recht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “4 recht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German recht, Dutch recht.

Adjective

recht

1. right-hand