richten

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch richten, from Old Dutch rihten, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (“to right”), derived from *rehtaz (“right, straight”) (modern recht).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɪxtə(n)/
  • audio(file)

Verb

richten

  1. (transitive) to direct, aim

Inflection

Inflection of richten (weak)
infinitive richten
past singular richtte
past participle gericht
infinitive richten
gerund richten n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular richt richtte
2nd person sing. (jij) richt richtte
2nd person sing. (u) richt richtte
2nd person sing. (gij) richt richtte
3rd person singular richt richtte
plural richten richtten
subjunctive sing.1 richte richtte
subjunctive plur.1 richten richtten
imperative sing. richt
imperative plur.1 richt
participles richtend gericht
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

German

Etymology

From Old High German rihten, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (“to right”), derived from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (“right, straight”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʁɪçtn̩], [ˈʁɪçtən]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: rich‧ten

Verb

richten (third-person singular simple present richtet, past tense richtete, past participle gerichtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to direct
  2. (transitive) to judge
  3. (reflexive) to be directed (auf towards, gegen at)
  4. (reflexive) to follow
  5. (reflexive) to depend (nach on)

Conjugation

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch rihten, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną.

Verb

richten

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Inflection

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Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

  • “richten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “richten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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