rechts
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See also: Rechts
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From recht (“correct”, obsolete sense) + -s (adverbial suffix). Just as in English, the sense “on the right-hand side” developed from the idea that since most people are right-handed, that is the ‘correct’ side.[1]
Adverb
[edit]rechts
- on the right
- Zie je die auto rechts?
- Do you see the car on the right?
- to the right
- Bij het volgende verkeerslicht rechts afslaan.
- Turn right at the next traffic light.
- We gaan naar rechts.
- We're going to the right.
Antonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: regs
Etymology 2
[edit]From the adverbial sense “on the right” above. The adjectival meaning resulted in the obsolete spelling rechtsch.
Adjective
[edit]rechts (comparative rechtser, superlative meest rechts or rechtst)
- (not comparable) right
- Synonym: rechter
- Er zit een vlek op je rechtse schoen.
- There’s a spot on your right shoe.
- rightist, belonging to the ideological right
- Dat zijn rechtse ideeën.
- Those are rightist ideas.
- (predicatively) right-handed
- Synonym: rechtshandig
- Ik ben rechts, je kan niet met mijn pen schrijven.
- I'm right-handed, you cannot write with my pen.
Declension
[edit]Declension of rechts | ||||
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uninflected | rechts | |||
inflected | rechtse | |||
comparative | rechtser | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | rechts | rechtser | het rechtst het rechtste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | rechtse | rechtsere | rechtste |
n. sing. | rechts | rechtser | rechtste | |
plural | rechtse | rechtsere | rechtste | |
definite | rechtse | rechtsere | rechtste | |
partitive | rechts | rechtsers | — |
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rechts”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]recht (“right”) + -s (“adverbial suffix”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]rechts
- on the right
- Siehst du das Auto rechts? ― Do you see the car on the right?
- to the right
- An der nächsten Ampel rechts abbiegen. ― Turn right at the next traffic light.
- the right-hand side
- Wir gehen nach rechts. ― We are going to the right.
- pars pro toto for right-wing
- pertaining to the political right
Further reading
[edit]- rechts on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “rechts” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “rechts” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Hunsrik
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]rechts
Declension
[edit]Declension of rechts (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative | rechts | rechts | rechts | rechte |
accusative | rechte | rechts | rechts | rechte | |
dative | rechte | rechte | rechte | rechte | |
Strong inflection | nominative | rechter | rechte | rechtes | rechte |
accusative | rechte | rechte | rechtes | rechte | |
dative | rechtem | rechter | rechtem | rechte |
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]rechts
References
[edit]- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “rechts”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 130
Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare German rechts, Dutch rechts
Adverb
[edit]rechts
- right, to the right
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