See also: Recht

Czech

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from German recht.

Pronunciation

edit

Adverb

edit

recht

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

Derived terms

edit

Further reading

edit
  • recht”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • recht”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

edit

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

edit

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

Adjective

edit

recht (comparative rechter, superlative rechtst)

  1. right (direction)
  2. straight
    Antonym: krom
    in een rechte lijn
    in a straight line
Declension
edit
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
edit
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

edit

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

Noun

edit

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
edit
Descendants
edit

Etymology 3

edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

edit

recht

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

German

edit

Etymology

edit

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

Pronunciation

edit

Adjective

edit

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

  1. right (direction)
  2. proper, correct
  3. true, real
  4. just, lawful

Declension

edit

Derived terms

edit

Adverb

edit

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
edit

Further reading

edit
  • recht” in Duden online
  • recht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

edit

Etymology

edit

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

Pronunciation

edit

Adjective

edit

recht (comparative rechter, superlative rechtest)

  1. right

Further reading

edit

Middle Dutch

edit

Etymology 1

edit

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

Adjective

edit

recht

  1. straight, not bent
  2. upright
  3. right, exact
  4. righteous
  5. lawful, rightful
  6. true
Inflection
edit
Adjective
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
edit

Etymology 2

edit

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

Noun

edit

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
Inflection
edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
edit

Further reading

edit

Middle Irish

edit

Etymology

edit

Derivative of Old Irish recht (law, lawfulness)

Noun

edit

recht

  1. law-abiding person, person of legal status

Mutation

edit
Middle Irish mutation
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

Old Irish

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Etymology 1

edit

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

edit

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

  1. law

For quotations using this term, see Citations:recht.

Inflection
edit
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
Derived terms
edit
Descendants
edit

Etymology 2

edit

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

Noun

edit

recht m

  1. paroxysm, outburst (of anger, passion, etc.)
Inflection
edit
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
edit
  • rechtmar (passionate, furious, adjective)
Descendants
edit

Mutation

edit
Old 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

References

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

Pennsylvania German

edit

Etymology

edit

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

Adjective

edit

recht

  1. right-hand

Silesian

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from German recht.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛxt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛxt
  • Syllabification: recht

Interjection

edit

recht

  1. 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