rechts
See also: Rechts
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Genitive form of recht.
Adverb
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
Descendants
- Afrikaans: regs
Etymology 2
From the adverb rechts + -s (resulting in the obsolete spelling rechtsch).
Adjective
rechts (comparative rechtser, superlative meest rechts or rechtst)
- (not comparable) right
- 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
- Ik ben rechts, je kan niet met mijn pen schrijven.
- I'm right-handed, you cannot write with my pen.
Inflection
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
- rechtsch (obsolete)
Synonyms
- (right): rechter
- (right-handed): rechtshandig
Descendants
- Afrikaans: regs
German
Pronunciation
Adverb
rechts
- on the right
- Siehst du das Auto rechts?
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- to the right
- An der nächsten Ampel rechts abbiegen.
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- the right-hand side
- Wir gehen nach rechts.
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- pars pro toto for right-wing extremist
- pertaining to the political right
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Adjective
rechts
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Adverb
rechts
- on the right
- to the right
Further reading
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German rechts, Dutch rechts
Adverb
rechts
- right, to the right
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