The Dutch word for right is
rechts
Translations for right and their definitions
rechts | |
1. adv. on the right | |
Zie je die auto rechts? | |
Do you see the car on the right? | |
2. adv. to the right | |
Bij het volgende verkeerslicht rechts afslaan. | |
Turn right at the next traffic light. | |
We gaan naar rechts. | |
We're going to the rechts. | |
3. adj. (not comparable) right | |
Er zit een vlek op je rechter schoen. | |
There’s a spot on your right shoe. | |
4. adj. rightist, belonging to the ideological right | |
Dat zijn rechtse ideeën. | |
Those are rightist ideas. | |
5. adj. (predicatively) right-handed | |
Ik ben rechts, je kan niet met mijn pen schrijven. | |
I'm right-handed, you cannot write with my pen. |
rechterhand | |
1. n. right hand, part of the arm | |
2. n. lieutenant | |
3. n. (figuratively) a trustworthy friend or subordinate, a right-hand man / right-hand woman, woman |
verbeteren | |
1. v. to improve | |
2. v. to correct |
recht | |
1. adj. right (direction) | |
2. adj. straight | |
in een rechte lijn | |
in a straight line | |
3. n. a right, privilege | |
Je hebt het recht niet om dat te doen! | |
You don't have the right to do that! | |
4. n. justice | |
Noemt u dit recht? Ik noem dit onrecht. | |
Do you call this justice? I call this injustice. | |
Deze kale vloer doet het huis geen recht aan. | |
This boring floor doesn't do the house any justice. | |
5. n. jurisprudence, the law | |
Het recht omtrent cybercriminaliteit is momenteel nog erg onduidelijk. | |
Jurisprudence concerning cybercrime is currently still very unclear. | |
Het recht heeft beslist. | |
The law has decided. | |
6. v. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of rechten | |
7. v. imperative of rechten |
toch | |
1. adv. still, nevertheless, anyway | |
Hij is ziek, maar toch werkt hij door. | |
He's sick, but he still keeps working. | |
2. adv. after all, despite what was expected | |
Ben je nu toch gekomen? | |
You did come after all? (I thought you would not) | |
3. adv. yes, surely; implies a positive contradiction, used to contradict a negative. | |
Wil je niet meekomen? — Toch wel! | |
Don’t you want to come along? — Yes I do! | |
4. adv. In questions, a modal particle indicating uncertainty or worry, implying that the speaker hopes to be confirmed or reassured. | |
Hij is toch gekomen? (with emphasis on gekomen) | |
He did come, didn't he? | |
Dat kun je toch niet doen? | |
Surely you can't do that? |
correct | |
1. adj. correct |
rechterkant | |
1. n. right-hand side |
juist | |
1. adj. right, correct | |
2. adj. just | |
3. adv. just, at that moment | |
Ik kwam juist terug van mijn werk, toen ik een ongeluk zag gebeuren. — I was just coming back from work, when I saw an accident happen. | |
4. adv. especially (conversely, in contrast, emphasizing) | |
Katten houden niet van water, terwijl honden er juist gek op zijn. — Cats do not like water, while dogs love it especially. |
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