Recht

See also: recht

English

Etymology

From Scots or Dutch wrecht (“worker”), both cognate to English Wright and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō. See below for German derivation.

Proper noun

Recht (plural Rechts)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Recht is the 45347^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 472 individuals. Recht is most common among White (93.01%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Recht”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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

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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

Declension of Recht [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Recht	die	Rechte
genitive	eines	des	Rechtes, Rechts	der	Rechte
dative	einem	dem	Recht, Rechte1	den	Rechten
accusative	ein	das	Recht	die	Rechte

¹Now rare, see notes.

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

• mit Fug und Recht
• Rechthaber
• Rechthaberei
• Rechthilfe
• Rechtler
• Rechtsanspruch
• Rechtsanwalt
• Rechtsausschuss
• Rechtsberatung
• Rechtsbeugung
• Rechtsbruch
• Rechtsfolge
• Rechtsgelehrter
• Rechtsgeschäft
• Rechtsmittel
• Rechtsnachfolge
• Rechtssache
• Rechtsstreit
• Rechtsstreitigkeit
• Rechtsverdrehung
• Rechtswissenschaft
• Unrecht

 

Related terms

• recht

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

Recht n (plural Recht)

1. right, privilege

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Formally influenced by German Recht; 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

• rechtlech

Related terms

• riets