how to pronounce recht

/ʁɛçt/

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recht is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of recht in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… ist der ist nur zu recht der ist nur zu …”

meanings of recht

adjective:

Proper, correct.
Just, lawful.
True, real.
Right (direction).

adverb:

Exactly.
Well, right.
Very, quite, rather, pretty, fairly.

noun:

The law.
A title, claim.
A right, privilege.

recht frequency in german - A1 level of CEFR

the word recht occurs in german on average 493.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.