Adjective: recht
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | rechter |
| feminine | rechte |
| neuter | rechtes |
| plural | rechte |
Genitive
| masculine | rechten |
| feminine | rechter |
| neuter | rechten |
| plural | rechter |
Dative
| masculine | rechtem |
| feminine | rechter |
| neuter | rechtem |
| plural | rechten |
Accusative
| masculine | rechten |
| feminine | rechte |
| neuter | rechtes |
| plural | rechte |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der rechte |
| feminine | die rechte |
| neuter | das rechte |
| plural | die rechten |
Genitive
| masculine | des rechten |
| feminine | der rechten |
| neuter | des rechten |
| plural | der rechten |
Dative
| masculine | dem rechten |
| feminine | der rechten |
| neuter | dem rechten |
| plural | den rechten |
Accusative
| masculine | den rechten |
| feminine | die rechte |
| neuter | das rechte |
| plural | die rechten |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein rechter |
| feminine | eine rechte |
| neuter | ein rechtes |
| plural | rechten |
Genitive
| masculine | eines rechten |
| feminine | einer rechten |
| neuter | eines rechten |
| plural | rechten |
Dative
| masculine | einem rechten |
| feminine | einer rechten |
| neuter | einem rechten |
| plural | rechten |
Accusative
| masculine | einen rechten |
| feminine | eine rechte |
| neuter | ein rechtes |
| plural | rechten |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | recht |
| Comparative | rechter |
| Superlative | am rechtesten |
Sample Sentences
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die rechte Hand (the right hand)
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Auf der rechten Straßenseite liegt ein Supermarkt. (There's a supermarket on the right-hand side of the road.)
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im rechten Augenblick (in the right moment)
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auf der rechten Spur (on the right track)
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rechter Winkel (right angle)
Etymology
1. From Middle High German rëht, from Old High German rëht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht (“right, straight”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Yiddish רעכט (rekht), Icelandic réttur, Dutch recht, English right, Danish ret. See: Dutch Adjectives '
recht', English Adjectives '
right'.
Verbs referencing "recht"
English Adjectives
right.
Translations