reht

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rehtaz.

Adjective

reht

1. right

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: recht
  • Dutch: recht
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: rekti
    • Jersey Dutch: rääxt
    • Negerhollands: recht, rek, ret, tret, regt
      • → Virgin Islands Creole: tret (dated)
    • → Papiamentu: rècht
    • → Saramaccan: leti
  • Limburgish: rèch

Further reading

• “reht (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rext/, [reçt]

Adjective

reht

1. Alternative form of riht

Declension

Declension of reht — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	reht	reht	reht
Accusative	rehtne	rehte	reht
Genitive	rehtes	rehtre	rehtes
Dative	rehtum	rehtre	rehtum
Instrumental	rehte	rehtre	rehte
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rehte	rehta, rehte	reht
Accusative	rehte	rehta, rehte	reht
Genitive	rehtra	rehtra	rehtra
Dative	rehtum	rehtum	rehtum
Instrumental	rehtum	rehtum	rehtum

Declension of reht — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rehta	rehte	rehte
Accusative	rehtan	rehtan	rehte
Genitive	rehtan	rehtan	rehtan
Dative	rehtan	rehtan	rehtan
Instrumental	rehtan	rehtan	rehtan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rehtan	rehtan	rehtan
Accusative	rehtan	rehtan	rehtan
Genitive	rehtra, rehtena	rehtra, rehtena	rehtra, rehtena
Dative	rehtum	rehtum	rehtum
Instrumental	rehtum	rehtum	rehtum

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, whence also Old English riht, Old Norse réttr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.

Adjective

reht

1. right

Descendants

• Middle High German: rëht
  • Alemannic German: Rëcht
  • Central Franconian: rääch, räht, räät (western Ripuarian, parts of western Moselle Franconian); reht, reet, reecht (other parts of Moselle Franconian); räächt (eastern Moselle Franconian)
  • German: recht, Recht
  • Hunsrik: richt
  • Luxembourgish: riets, riicht, Recht (influenced by German)
  • Vilamovian: racht
  • Yiddish: רעכט (rekht)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, whence also Old English riht, Old Norse réttr.

Adjective

reht

1. right

Descendants

• Middle Low German: recht, richt
  • Low German: recht