rechten

Germanic, from recht (“(what is) right, justice, law”), cognate with German Recht, also from the adjective recht (“right, straight”).

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• Rhymes: -ɛxtən

rechten

1. To seek justice, notably:
   1. To sue judicially
   2. To contend by argument etc.
2. To straighten
3. To erect, raise

• (seek justice): recht zoeken
• (seek justice, judicial only): procederen
• (straighten): rechtmaken, rechttrekken (both cognate)
• (erect): oprichten (cognate)

rechten

1. Plural form of recht
2. (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.

• (academic subject): rechtsgeleerdheid

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʀɛçtn̩/, /ˈʀɛçtən/

rechten

1. First-person plural preterite of rechen.
2. Third-person plural preterite of rechen.
3. First-person plural subjunctive II of rechen.
4. Third-person plural subjunctive II of rechen.

rechten

1. inflection of recht:
   1. strong genitive masculine and neuter singular
   2. weak and mixed genitive and dative all-gender singular
   3. strong, weak, and mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak and mixed all-case plural