The Dutch word for right is
rechts
Dutch Definition
| right | |
| 1. recht | |
| 2. verbeteren | |
| 3. rechts, rechter- |
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 right. | ||
| 3. adj. (not comparable) right | ||
| Er zit een vlek op je rechtse 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-f. right hand, part of the arm | |
| 2. n-f. lieutenant | |
| 3. n-f. (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-n. a right, competence, authority, privilege | |
| Je hebt het recht niet om dat te doen! - You don't have the right to do that! | |
| 4. n-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-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. n-n. a formal fee, custom, duty to be paid. | |
| 7. v. first-person singular present indicative of rechten | |
| 8. v. second-person singular present indicative of rechten | |
| 9. v. third-person singular present indicative of rechten | |
| 10. 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 | |
| Ach, je bent toch gekomen! - Oh, 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 positive statements, a modal particle indicating certainty or emphasis, implying that the speaker considers his statement to be obvious. | |
| Dat weet ik toch niet! Ik ben toch geen automonteur! - I wouldn’t know that! I’m no car mechanic! | |
| 5. adv. In questions, a modal particle indicating uncertainty or sometimes worry, implying that the speaker hopes to be confirmed or reassured; may also be postpositioned as a tag question. | |
| Hij is toch gekomen? (with emphasis on gekomen) - He did come, didn't he? | |
| Jij bent Gerrit, toch? - You’re Gerrit, aren’t you? |
| correct | |
| 1. adj. correct |
| rechterkant | |
| 1. n-m. 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. exactly | |
| Zo’n laffe uitvlucht van jou is juist wat ik niet wilde horen. - Such a lame excuse from your part is exactly what I didn’t want to hear. | |
| 5. adv. conversely, on the other hand; actually; indeed; even (emphasizing a contrast) | |
| Katten houden niet van water, terwijl honden er juist gek op zijn. - Cats do not like water, while dogs are actually crazy for it. | |
| Ze zei dat ik mijn schuchterheid nog een stukje kwijt moest raken, maar ik had juist alles gedaan om kalm en professioneel te lijken. - She said that I’d still have to lose my shyness a bit, bu |
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