recht
Czech
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editrecht
- (colloquial) correct, suitable
- Tobě taky nic není recht. ― Nothing suits you. (You are hard to please.)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editDutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch recht, from Old Dutch reht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.
Adjective
editrecht (comparative rechter, superlative rechtst)
Declension
editDeclension of recht | ||||
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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
edit- kaarsrecht
- rechtop (“upright, erect”)
- rechts
Descendants
edit- Berbice Creole Dutch: rekti
- Jersey Dutch: rääxt
- Negerhollands: recht, rek, ret, tret, regt
- → Virgin Islands Creole: tret (dated)
- → Papiamentu: rècht
- → Saramaccan: leti
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle Dutch recht, from Old Dutch reht, from Proto-West Germanic *rehta, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą, a substantive derivation of the adjective.
Noun
editrecht n (plural rechten, diminutive rechtje n)
- a right, competence, authority, privilege
- Je hebt het recht niet om dat te doen!
- You don't have the right to do that!
- 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.
- 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.
- a formal fee, custom, duty to be paid
Derived terms
edit- aasdomsrecht n (“medieval laws of inheritance”)
- berechten (“to judge, try in a court of law”)
- burgerrecht n (“civil right”)
- contractrecht n (“contract law”)
- dierenrechten n pl (“animal rights”)
- erfrecht n (“inheritance law”)
- gewoonterecht n (“common law”)
- grondrecht n (“fundamental right”)
- milieurecht n (“environmental law”)
- publiekrecht n (“public law”)
- rechter m (“judge”)
- rechtsgeleerde m or f (“jurist, jurisconsult”)
- rechtsgeleerdheid f (“study of law”)
- rolrecht n (“fee to put a case on the schedule”)
- spreekrecht n (“right to speak”)
- stemrecht n (“right to vote”)
- volkenrecht n (“international law”)
- voorrecht n (“privilege”)
Descendants
editEtymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editrecht
- inflection of rechten:
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German rëht, from Old High German reht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht (“right, straight”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Germany) IPA(key): /ʁɛçt/, [ʁɛçtʰ]
- (Austria, Switzerland) IPA(key): /rɛçt/, [rɛçtʰ]
- Rhymes: -ɛçt
Audio: (file) Audio: (file)
Adjective
editrecht (strong nominative masculine singular rechter, comparative rechter, superlative am rechtesten or (very rare) am rechtsten)
Declension
editnumber & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist recht | sie ist recht | es ist recht | sie sind recht | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | rechter | rechte | rechtes | rechte |
genitive | rechten | rechter | rechten | rechter | |
dative | rechtem | rechter | rechtem | rechten | |
accusative | rechten | rechte | rechtes | rechte | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der rechte | die rechte | das rechte | die rechten |
genitive | des rechten | der rechten | des rechten | der rechten | |
dative | dem rechten | der rechten | dem rechten | den rechten | |
accusative | den rechten | die rechte | das rechte | die rechten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein rechter | eine rechte | ein rechtes | (keine) rechten |
genitive | eines rechten | einer rechten | eines rechten | (keiner) rechten | |
dative | einem rechten | einer rechten | einem rechten | (keinen) rechten | |
accusative | einen rechten | eine rechte | ein rechtes | (keine) rechten |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist rechter | sie ist rechter | es ist rechter | sie sind rechter | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | rechterer | rechtere | rechteres | rechtere |
genitive | rechteren | rechterer | rechteren | rechterer | |
dative | rechterem | rechterer | rechterem | rechteren | |
accusative | rechteren | rechtere | rechteres | rechtere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der rechtere | die rechtere | das rechtere | die rechteren |
genitive | des rechteren | der rechteren | des rechteren | der rechteren | |
dative | dem rechteren | der rechteren | dem rechteren | den rechteren | |
accusative | den rechteren | die rechtere | das rechtere | die rechteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein rechterer | eine rechtere | ein rechteres | (keine) rechteren |
genitive | eines rechteren | einer rechteren | eines rechteren | (keiner) rechteren | |
dative | einem rechteren | einer rechteren | einem rechteren | (keinen) rechteren | |
accusative | einen rechteren | eine rechtere | ein rechteres | (keine) rechteren |
1Very rare.
Derived terms
edit- rechte Hand f (“right hand; right hand, right-hand man”)
- rechter Winkel
Adverb
editrecht
- very, quite, rather, pretty, fairly
- Es ist recht warm heute Abend. ― It's quite warm tonight.
- recht klein ― smallish
- well, right
- ganz recht ― that's right
- exactly
Related terms
edit- Recht n (“a right, privilege; a title, claim; the law”)
- recht haben
Further reading
editHunsrik
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German rëht, from Old High German reht. Compare German recht, Dutch recht.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editrecht (comparative rechter, superlative rechtest)
Further reading
editMiddle Dutch
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Dutch reht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht.
Adjective
editrecht
Inflection
editAdjective | |||||
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Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
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 |
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom Old Dutch reht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht, a substantive derivation of the adjective.
Noun
editrecht n
- law, right, duty
- righteousness, justness
- justice, jurisprudence, law
- jurisdiction
- right, what one is entitled to by law
- truth
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “recht (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “recht (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “recht (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “recht (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle Irish
editEtymology
editDerivative of Old Irish recht (“law, lawfulness”)
Noun
editrecht
- law-abiding person, person of legal status
Mutation
editMiddle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
recht | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “4 recht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editrecht m (genitive rechto or rechta, nominative plural rechtae)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:recht.
Inflection
editMasculine u-stem | |||
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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:
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Derived terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editPossibly related to Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (“to care for, worry about”). If so, ultimately cognate to Etymology 1 above.[1]
Noun
editrecht m
Inflection
editMasculine u-stem | |||
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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:
|
Derived terms
edit- rechtmar (“passionate, furious”, adjective)
Descendants
edit- Irish: racht
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
recht also rrecht after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
recht pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 recht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 recht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References
edit- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “recht”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Pennsylvania German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German rëht, from Old High German reht. Compare German recht, Dutch recht.
Adjective
editrecht
Silesian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editInterjection
editrecht
- right!
- Mosz recht. ― You're right.
Further reading
edit- Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “recht”, in Słownik gwar śląskich, Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 244
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