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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• retch, ECtHR, chert

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rëht, from Old High German rëht, 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

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Recht n (strong, genitive Rechtes or Rechts, plural Rechte)

1. right, privilege [with zu (+ infinitive) or auf (+ accusative) ‘to something’]

   Jeder hat das Recht auf eine eigene Meinung.

   Everyone has the right to their own opinion.

   Der Käufer hat das Recht, den Vertrag jederzeit zu kündigen.

   The buyer has the right to cancel the contract at any time.

2. title, claim
3. law (the entirety of legal regulations set in a code of law)

   deutsches Recht ― German 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”)
• Demonstrationsrecht (“right to demonstrate.”)
• Einwanderungsgesetz (“immigration law”)
• Europarecht (“European Union law”)
• Faustrecht (“club 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”)
• Remonstrationsrecht (“right to remonstrate.”)
• Sachrecht (“substantive law”)
• Seerecht (“maritime law”)
• Sozialrecht (“social law, social security law”)
• Staatsrecht (“constitutional law”)
• Steuerrecht (“tax law”)
• Strafrecht (“criminal law”)
• Übertragungsrechte (“broadcasting rights”)
• Umweltrecht (“environmental law”)
• Urheberrecht
• Verfahrensrecht (“procedural law”)
• Verfassungsrecht (“constitutional law”)
• Verfügungsrecht (“property right”)
• Versicherungsrecht (“insurance law”)
• Vertragsrecht (“contract law”)
• Verwaltungsrecht (“administrative law”)
• Vetorecht (“Power of Veto”)
• Völkerrecht (“international law”)
• Wirtschaftsrecht (“economic law”)
• Wohnrecht (“housing tenure”)
• Wohnungsrecht
• Zivilrecht
• Zuwanderungsgesetz (“immigration law”)

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• recht

Further reading

• “Recht”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “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): /ˈreçt/
• Rhymes: -eçt
• Syllabification: Recht
• Homophone: recht

Noun

Recht n (plural Recht)

1. right, privilege

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Recht”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German recht, from Old Saxon reht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą.

Cognate with English right, Dutch recht, German Recht.

Noun

Recht n (plural Rechten)

1. right, law

   internatschonal Recht

2. right, entitlement

   Plichten und Rechten

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