# recht
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German recht.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɛxt]

### Adverb

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

#### Derived terms

* dát recht
* mít recht

### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* right (direction)
* straight
    Antonym: krom
    in een rechte lijnin a straight line

##### Derived terms

* kaarsrecht
* rechtop (“upright, erect”)
* rechts

##### 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)
* 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

* 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”)
* privaatrecht n (“private 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

* Afrikaans: reg
* Negerhollands: recht, regt
* → Caribbean Javanese: rèh
* → Saramaccan: leti

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

recht
* inflection of rechten:
** first/second/third-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German rëht, from Old High German reht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht (“right, straight”).
Cognate with Yiddish רעכט (rekht), Icelandic réttur, Dutch recht, English right, Danish ret.

### Pronunciation

* (Germany) IPA: /ʁɛçt/, [ʁɛçtʰ]
* (Austria, Switzerland) IPA: /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)
* right (direction)
* proper, correct
* true, real
* just, lawful

#### Declension

$^1$Very rare.

#### Derived terms

* rechte Hand f (“right hand; right hand, right-hand man”)
* rechter Winkel

### Adverb

recht
* 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

* Recht n (“a right, privilege; a title, claim; the law”)
* recht haben

### 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: /reçt/

### Adjective

recht (comparative rechter, superlative rechtest)
* right

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

recht
* straight, not bent
* upright
* right, exact
* righteous
* lawful, rightful
* true

##### 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
* law, right, duty
* righteousness, justness
* justice, jurisprudence, law
* jurisdiction
* right, what one is entitled to by law
* truth

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### 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

* “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
### Etymology

Derivative of Old Irish recht (“law, lawfulness”)

### Noun

recht
* law-abiding person, person of legal status

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* 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
### Alternative forms

* rect

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* law
For quotations using this term, see Citations:recht.

##### Inflection

* $^H$ = 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

* Irish: reacht
* Scottish Gaelic: reachd

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

recht m
* paroxysm, outburst (of anger, passion, etc.)

##### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

##### Derived terms

* rechtmar (“passionate, furious”, adjective)

##### Descendants

* Irish: racht

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* 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

* ↑ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “recht”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

recht
* right-hand

## Silesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German recht.

### Pronunciation

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

### Interjection

recht
* right!
    Mosz recht. ― You're right.

### Further reading

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