recht

See also: Recht

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German recht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛxt]

Adverb

recht

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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
general
specific rights or types of law
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

recht

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

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Germany) IPA(key): /ʁɛçt/, [ʁɛçtʰ]
  • (Austria, Switzerland) IPA(key): /rɛçt/, [rɛçtʰ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛçt
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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

Derived terms

  • rechte Hand f (right hand; right hand, right-hand man)
  • rechter Winkel

Adverb

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

Further reading

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

Hunsrik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreçt/
  • Rhymes: -eçt
  • Syllabification: recht

Adjective

recht (comparative rechter, superlative rechtest)

  1. right

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

recht

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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
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
Descendants
  • 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

Middle Irish

Etymology

Derivative of Old Irish recht (law, lawfulness)

Noun

recht

  1. law-abiding person, person of legal status

Mutation

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

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /r͈ʲext/

Etymology 1

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

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

  1. law

For quotations using this term, see Citations:recht.

Inflection
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
  • rechtach (law-giving)
  • rechtaid (lawgiver)
  • rechtaide (legal)
  • rechtaigid
  • rechtaire (steward)
  • rechtas (stewardship)
  • rechtge (framing of laws)
  • rechtmar
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Noun

recht m

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

Mutation

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

References

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

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

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

Adjective

recht

  1. right-hand

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German recht.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

recht

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

Further reading

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