Recht

Pronunciation: /ʁɛçt/

“Recht” is a German word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

right, privilege
title, claim
law (the entirety of legal regulations set in a code of law)

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.

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