rechts

See also: Rechts

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛxts/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: rechts
• Rhymes: -ɛxts

Etymology 1

From recht (“correct”, obsolete sense) +‎ -s (adverbial suffix). Just as in English, the sense “on the right-hand side” developed from the idea that since most people are right-handed, that is the ‘correct’ side.

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

• links

Descendants

• Afrikaans: regs

Etymology 2

From the adverbial sense “on the right” above. The adjectival meaning resulted 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.

Declension

Declension 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

• rechtsch (obsolete)

Derived terms

• domrechts
• rechtsheid
• verrechtsen

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: regs
• Berbice Creole Dutch: rekti

German

Etymology

recht (“right”) +‎ -s (“adverbial suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛçt͡s/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛçt͡s

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

• rechtsmache

Adverb

rechts

1. on the right
2. to the right

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German rechts, Dutch rechts

Adverb

rechts

1. right, to the right