richten

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch richten, from Old Dutch rihten, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (“to right”), derived from *rehtaz (“right, straight”) (modern recht).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪxtə(n)/

• audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪxtən

Verb

richten

1. (transitive) to direct, aim

Inflection

Conjugation of richten (weak)
infinitive	richten
past singular	richtte
past participle	gericht
infinitive	richten
gerund	richten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	richt	richtte
2nd person sing. (jij)	richt	richtte
2nd person sing. (u)	richt	richtte
2nd person sing. (gij)	richt	richtte
3rd person singular	richt	richtte
plural	richten	richtten
subjunctive sing.1	richte	richtte
subjunctive plur.1	richten	richtten
imperative sing.	richt
imperative plur.1	richt
participles	richtend	gericht
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• richting
• aanrichten
• africhten
• berichten
• gelijkrichten
• inrichten
• oprichten
• uitrichten
• verrichten

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German rihten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (“to right”), derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (“right, straight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɪçtn̩], [ˈʁɪçtən]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: rich‧ten

Verb

1. (transitive) to direct
2. (transitive) to judge
3. (reflexive) to be directed (auf towards, gegen at)
4. (reflexive) to follow
5. (reflexive) to depend (nach on)

Related terms

• abrichten
• anrichten
• aufrichten
• ausrichten
• berichten
• einrichten
• errichten
• Gericht
• hinrichten
• Nachricht
• Richter
• Richtfest
• richtig
• Richtschnur
• Richtung
• unterrichten
• verrichten
• zurichten

 

Further reading

• “richten” in Duden online

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch rihten, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną.

Verb

richten

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Inflection

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Alternative forms

• rechten

Descendants

• Dutch: richten
• Limburgish: richte

Further reading

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