rechten
See also: Rechten
Dutch
Etymology
Germanic, from recht (“(what is) right, justice, law”), cognate with German Recht, also from the adjective recht (“right, straight”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛxtən
Verb
rechten
- To seek justice, notably:
- To sue judicially
- To contend by argument etc.
- To straighten
- To erect, raise
Inflection
| Inflection of rechten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rechten | |||
| past singular | rechtte | |||
| past participle | gerecht | |||
| infinitive | rechten | |||
| gerund | rechten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | recht | rechtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | recht | rechtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | recht | rechtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | recht | rechtte | ||
| 3rd person singular | recht | rechtte | ||
| plural | rechten | rechtten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | rechte | rechtte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | rechten | rechtten | ||
| imperative sing. | recht | |||
| imperative plur.1 | recht | |||
| participles | rechtend | gerecht | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- (seek justice): recht zoeken
- (seek justice, judicial only): procederen
- (straighten): rechtmaken, rechttrekken (both cognate)
- (erect): oprichten (cognate)
Noun
rechten
- Plural form of recht
- (academic subject, colloquial) law
- De uitdrukking ‘rechten’ stamt uit het universitair onderwijs in de middeleeuwen toen men aan de juridische faculteiten zowel wereldlijk (vooral Romeins) recht als het canoniek recht kon studeren.
- The appellation ‘laws’ derives from the university-level education in the middle ages, when at the law colleges one could study secular (mainly Roman) law as well as canon law.
- De uitdrukking ‘rechten’ stamt uit het universitair onderwijs in de middeleeuwen toen men aan de juridische faculteiten zowel wereldlijk (vooral Romeins) recht als het canoniek recht kon studeren.
Synonyms
- (academic subject): rechtsgeleerdheid
See also
- wet
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʀɛçtn̩/, /ˈʀɛçtən/
Verb
rechten
- First-person plural preterite of rechen.
- Third-person plural preterite of rechen.
- First-person plural subjunctive II of rechen.
- Third-person plural subjunctive II of rechen.
Adjective
rechten
- inflection of recht:
- strong genitive masculine and neuter singular
- weak and mixed genitive and dative all-gender singular
- strong, weak, and mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak and mixed all-case plural