rechts
See also: Rechts
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛxts/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: rechts
- Rhymes: -ɛxts
Etymology 1
Genitive form of recht.
Adverb
rechts
- on the right
- Zie je die auto rechts?
- Do you see the car on the right?
- to the right
- Bij het volgende verkeerslicht rechts afslaan.
- Turn right at the next traffic light.
- We gaan naar rechts.
- We're going to the right.
Antonyms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: regs
Adjective
rechts (comparative rechtser, superlative meest rechts or rechtst)
- (not comparable) right
- Synonym: rechter
- Er zit een vlek op je rechtse schoen.
- There’s a spot on your right shoe.
- rightist, belonging to the ideological right
- Dat zijn rechtse ideeën.
- Those are rightist ideas.
- (predicatively) right-handed
- Synonym: rechtshandig
- Ik ben rechts, je kan niet met mijn pen schrijven.
- I'm right-handed, you cannot write with my pen.
Inflection
Inflection of rechts | ||||
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uninflected | rechts | |||
inflected | rechtse | |||
comparative | rechtser | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | rechts | rechtser | het rechtst het rechtste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | rechtse | rechtsere | rechtste |
n. sing. | rechts | rechtser | rechtste | |
plural | rechtse | rechtsere | rechtste | |
definite | rechtse | rechtsere | rechtste | |
partitive | rechts | rechtsers | — |
Alternative forms
- rechtsch (obsolete)
Derived terms
- domrechts
- rechtsheid
- verrechtsen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: regs
- Berbice Creole Dutch: rekti
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɛçt͡s/
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file)
Adverb
rechts
- on the right
- Siehst du das Auto rechts? ― Do you see the car on the right?
- to the right
- An der nächsten Ampel rechts abbiegen. ― Turn right at the next traffic light.
- the right-hand side
- Wir gehen nach rechts. ― We are going to the right.
- pars pro toto for right-wing
- pertaining to the political right
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reçt͡s/
Adjective
rechts
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