Recht
English
editEtymology
editFrom Scots or Dutch wrecht (“worker”), both cognate to English Wright and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō. See below for German derivation.
Proper noun
editRecht (plural Rechts)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Recht is the 45347nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 472 individuals. Recht is most common among White (93.01%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Recht”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editRecht n (strong, genitive Rechtes or Rechts, plural Rechte)
- 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.
- a title, claim
- the law
Declension
editHyponyms
edit- 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 (“constitutional law”)
- Steuerrecht (“tax law”)
- Strafrecht (“criminal law”)
- Umweltrecht (“environmental law”)
- Urheberrecht
- Verfassungsrecht (“constitutional law”)
- Versicherungsrecht (“insurance law”)
- Vertragsrecht (“contract law”)
- Verwaltungsrecht (“administrative law”)
- Vetorecht (“Power of Veto”)
- Völkerrecht (“international law”)
- Wirtschaftsrecht (“economic law”)
- Zivilrecht
- Zuwanderungsgesetz (“immigration law”)
Derived terms
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editFurther reading
editHunsrik
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German reht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editRecht n (plural Recht)
Further reading
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editRecht n (plural Rechter)
- right, privilege, entitlement
- (the) law
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- Rhymes:German/ɛçt
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