Recht

See also: recht

German

Etymology

From Middle High German reht, from Old High German reht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą (“right, privilege”). Compare Dutch recht, English right, Danish ret, Swedish rätt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁɛçt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛçt
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Recht n (strong, genitive Rechtes or Rechts, plural Rechte)

  1. a right, privilege
    Sie haben nicht das Recht, über irgendetwas belogen zu werden.
    You do not have the right to be lied to about anything.
  2. a title, claim
  3. the law

Declension

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Hyponyms
  • Arbeitsrecht (“industrial law, labor law”)
  • Bundesrecht (“federal law”)
  • Einwanderungsgesetz (“immigration law”)
  • Europarecht (“European Union law”)
  • Gemeinschaftsrecht (“community law”) (EU)
  • Gesundheitsrecht (“health law, healthcare law”)
  • Handelsrecht (“commercial law, trade law”)
  • Immobilienrecht (“real estate law”)
  • Insolvenzrecht (“insolvency law”)
  • Konkursrecht (“bankruptcy law”)
  • Kriegsrecht (“martial law”)
  • Landesrecht (“state law”)
  • Leistungsschutzrecht
  • Medienrecht (“media law”)
  • Privatrecht (“private law”)
  • Seerecht (“maritime law”)
  • Sozialrecht (“social law, social security law”)
  • Staatsrecht (“constitution law”)
  • Steuerrecht (“tax law”)
  • Strafrecht (“criminal law”)
  • Umweltrecht (“environmental law”)
  • Urheberrecht
  • Versicherungsrecht (“insurance law”)
  • Vertragsrecht (“contract law”)
  • Vetorecht (“Power of Veto”)
  • Völkerrecht (“international law”)
  • Wirtschaftsrecht (“business law”)
  • Zivilrecht
  • Zuwanderungsgesetz (“immigration law”)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Recht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Recht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Recht” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German reht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /reçt/

Noun

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  1. right, privilege

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German rëht, from Old High German reht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą.

Formally influenced by Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value); the expected form is *Riet (or *Riecht) as in the adjective riets. Compare Dutch recht, English right.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʀæɕt/

Noun

Recht n (plural Rechter)

  1. right, privilege, entitlement
  2. (the) law

Derived terms
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