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See also: Recht

Czech

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from German recht.

    Pronunciation

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    Adverb

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    recht

    1. (colloquial) correct, suitable
      Tobě taky nic není recht.Nothing suits you. (You are hard to please.)

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    Further reading

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    Dutch

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /rɛxt/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: recht
    • Rhymes: -ɛxt

    Etymology 1

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

    Adjective

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    recht (comparative rechter, superlative rechtst)

    1. straight
      Antonym: krom
      in een rechte lijnin a straight line
    2. obsolete form of rechts, rechter (right, not left)
    Declension
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    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
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    Descendants
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    • Berbice Creole Dutch: rekti
    • Jersey Dutch: rääxt
    • Negerhollands: recht, rek, ret, tret, regt
      • Virgin Islands Creole: tret (dated)
    • Papiamentu: rècht
    • Saramaccan: leti

    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

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    recht n (plural rechten, diminutive rechtje n)

    1. a right, competence, authority, 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.
    4. a formal fee, custom, duty to be paid
    Derived terms
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    general
    specific rights or types of law
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    Descendants
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    Etymology 3

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    recht

    1. inflection of rechten:
      1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
      2. imperative

    German

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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German rëht, from Old High German rëht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht (right, straight).

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    Adjective

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    recht (strong nominative masculine singular rechter, comparative rechter, superlative am rechtesten or (very rare) am rechtsten)

    1. right, right-hand (direction)
      Antonym: link
      die rechte Handthe right hand
      Auf der rechten Straßenseite liegt ein Supermarkt.
      There's a supermarket on the right-hand side of the road.
    2. proper, correct
      Antonym: falsch
      im rechten Augenblickin the right moment
      auf der rechten Spuron the right track
    3. true, real
    4. just, lawful
    5. (geometry) measuring 90 degrees (of an angle)
      Synonym: rechtwinklig
      rechter Winkelright angle

    Declension

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    Derived terms

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    Adverb

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    recht

    1. very, quite, rather, pretty, fairly
      Es ist recht warm heute Abend.It's quite warm tonight.
      recht kleinsmallish
    2. well, right
      ganz rechtthat's right
    3. exactly
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    Further reading

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    • recht” in Duden online
    • recht”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)

    Hunsrik

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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German rëht, from Old High German reht. Compare German recht, Dutch recht.

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    recht (comparative rechter, superlative rechtest)

    1. right

    Further reading

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    • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “recht”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

    Low German

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    Noun

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    recht n (plural rechten)

    1. (Dutch Low Saxon) alternative form of Recht

    Middle Dutch

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Dutch reht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht.

    Adjective

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    recht

    1. straight, not bent
    2. upright
    3. right, exact
    4. righteous
    5. lawful, rightful
    6. true
    Inflection
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    Adjective
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative indefinite recht rechte recht rechte
    definite rechte rechte
    accusative indefinite rechten rechte recht rechte
    definite rechte
    genitive indefinite rechts rechter rechts rechter
    definite rechts, rechten rechts, rechten
    dative rechten rechter rechten rechten
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    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

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    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
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    Strong neuter noun
    singular plural
    nominative recht recht, rechte
    accusative recht recht, rechte
    genitive rechts rechte
    dative rechte rechten
    Strong masculine noun
    singular plural
    nominative recht rechte
    accusative recht rechte
    genitive rechts rechte
    dative rechte rechten
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    Middle Irish

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    Etymology

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    Derivative of Old Irish recht (law, lawfulness)

    Noun

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    recht

    1. law-abiding person, person of legal status

    Mutation

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    Mutation of recht
    radical lenition nasalization
    recht
    also rrecht after a proclitic
    ending in a vowel
    recht
    pronounced with /ɾ(ʲ)-/
    unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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    North Frisian

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Old Frisian riocht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (right, straight; just, morally upright), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (right, straightened), from *h₃reǵ- (to straighten; to righten).

    Adjective

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    recht

    1. (Heligoland) right

    Old Irish

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    Alternative forms

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

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

    1. law

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:recht.

    Inflection
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    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
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    Etymology 2

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    Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (to care for, worry about). If so, ultimately cognate to Etymology 1 above.[1]

    Noun

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    recht m

    1. paroxysm, outburst (of anger, passion, etc.)
    Inflection
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    Masculine u-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative recht rechtL rechtaeH
    vocative recht rechtL rechtu
    accusative rechtN rechtL rechtu
    genitive rechtoH, rechtaH rechtoL, rechtaL rechtaeN
    dative rechtL rechtaib rechtaib
    Initial mutations of a following adjective:
    • H = triggers aspiration
    • L = triggers lenition
    • N = triggers nasalization
    Derived terms
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    • rechtmar (passionate, furious, adjective)
    Descendants
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    Mutation

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    Mutation of recht
    radical lenition nasalization
    recht
    also rrecht in h-prothesis environments
    recht
    pronounced with /ɾʲ-/
    recht
    also rrecht

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Further reading

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    References

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    1. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “reachd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN

    Pennsylvania German

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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German rëht, from Old High German reht. Compare German recht, Dutch recht.

    Adjective

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    recht

    1. right-hand

    Silesian

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from German recht.

      Pronunciation

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      Interjection

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      recht

      1. right!
        Mosz recht.You're right.

      Further reading

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      • Barbara Podgórska; Adam Podgóski (2008), “recht”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian dialects] (in Polish), Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 244