rechts

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛxts/
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  • Hyphenation: rechts
  • Rhymes: -ɛxts

Etymology 1

Genitive form of recht.

Adverb

rechts

  1. on the right
    Zie je die auto rechts?
    Do you see the car on the right?
  2. 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

Etymology 2

From the adverb rechts +‎ -s (resulting in the obsolete spelling rechtsch).

Adjective

rechts (comparative rechtser, superlative meest rechts or rechtst)

  1. (not comparable) right
    Synonym: rechter
    Er zit een vlek op je rechtse schoen.
    There’s a spot on your right shoe.
  2. rightist, belonging to the ideological right
    Dat zijn rechtse ideeën.
    Those are rightist ideas.
  3. (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
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
Derived terms
Descendants

German

Pronunciation

Adverb

rechts

  1. on the right
    Siehst du das Auto rechts? ― Do you see the car on the right?
  2. to the right
    An der nächsten Ampel rechts abbiegen. ― Turn right at the next traffic light.
  3. the right-hand side
    Wir gehen nach rechts. ― We are going to the right.
  4. pars pro toto for right-wing
  5. pertaining to the political right

Further reading

  • rechts on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • “rechts” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “rechts” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Hunsrik

Etymology

From recht +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reçt͡s/
  • Hyphenation: rechts

Adjective

rechts

  1. right (opposite of left)
  2. right (designed to be placed or worn outward)

Declension

Declension of rechts (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative rechts rechts rechts rechte
accusative rechte rechts rechts rechte
dative rechte rechte rechte rechte
Strong inflection nominative rechter rechte rechtes rechte
accusative rechte rechte rechtes rechte
dative rechtem rechter rechtem rechte

Derived terms

Adverb

rechts

  1. on the right
  2. to the right

References

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “rechts”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 130

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German rechts, Dutch rechts

Adverb

rechts

  1. right, to the right
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