rechts German · revision 36241

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ʁɛçt͡s/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rechts'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the adverbial genitive of [[recht]], [[af|de|recht|-s]], formed as the opposite of [[links]].^(Kluge 2011|751)^(Wiktionary)^(DWB|14, 422) The right side is the “correct” one, the right hand the skilful one, as against the left.^(Kluge 2011|751)

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+ The adjective is [[inh|gmh|reht]], [[inh|goh|reht]], [[inh|gem-pro|*rehta-|t=right, straight]].^(Kluge 2011|751) The same word is [[got|𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃|tr=raihts]], [[non|réttr]], [[ang|riht]] and [[ofs|riucht]].^(Kluge 2011|751)^(Pfeifer 1993) Like [[la|rēctus|t=straight, right]] and [[grc|ὀρεκτός|tr=orektós|t=stretched out]], it is a past participle in ⟨*-to-⟩ of [[ine-pro|*reǵ-|t=to direct, guide]], the root of [[m|la|regō|t=to guide, rule]] and [[m|grc|ὀρέγω|tr=orégō|t=I stretch out]].^(Kluge 2011|751)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its oldest use, in Middle High German, is “correctly”, as in Lamprecht von Regensburg's ''Tochter Syon''.^(DWB|14, 422) Kluge dates the adverb of direction to the 16th century.^(Kluge 2011|751)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adverb of direction, ''rechts'' replaced an older use of plain ''recht'' “on the right”.^(DWB|14, 422) The political sense dates from the 19th century: it follows French ''la droite'', the conservative parties seated on the right of the president of the French parliament after the Restoration.^(Wiktionary DE) In knitting it refers to plain stitches.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 13th century – Middle High German ''rehtes'' is used in the sense “correctly”.^(DWB|14, 422)

+ * 16th century – ''rechts'' appears as an adverb of direction.^(Kluge 2011|751)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ * 19th century – The political sense, after French usage.^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # On the [[m|en|right]] side; to the right: ''die zweite Straße rechts'' “the second street on the right”.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # On or from the right side of something seen from a given position.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # ''(knitting)'' With plain [[m|en|stitch|alt=stitches]].^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # Politically on the right; [[m|en|right-wing]].^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ===Preposition===

+ # ''(with genitive, less common)'' On the right side of: ''rechts des Flusses'' “to the right of the river”.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[recht]]

+ * [[links]]

+ * [[en|right]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}