rette
Danish
/rɛtə/
verb
Definitions
- to straighten, adjust to make even
- to aim, direct, turn, address to send in a certain direction
- to correct, rectify to make right
- to mark, grade to evaluate a written assignment
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse rétta (adjust, straighten, raise, stretch) inherited from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (right, judge, straighten, make right, rectify).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*rihtijaną
Gloss
right, judge, straighten, make right, rectify
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Rightpondia English
- alright English
- aright English
- birthright English
- bookright English
- centre-right English
- centreright English
- copyright English
- downright English
- e-right English
- folkright English
- foreright English
- headright English
- nonright English
- outright English
- playright English
- queenright English
- rent-seeking English
- right English
- right stochastic matrix English
- right-hand English
- right-handed English
- right-hearted English
- rightable English
- rightard English
- rightdoer English
- rightdoing English
- righten English
- righteous English
- righter English
- rightern English
- rightest English
- righteth English
- rightful English
- rightholder English
- righthood English
- rightie English
- rightify English
- rightish English
- rightism English
- rightist English
- rightless English
- rightly English
- rightmost English
- rightness English
- righto English
- rightsize English
- rightsome English
- rightward English
- rightwards English
- rightways English
- rightwise English
- righty English
- ultraright English
- unright English
- upright English
- Bericht German
- Nachricht German
- Richtlinie German
- Richtschnur German
- Richtung German
- Unterricht German
- anrichten German
- aufrichten German
- ausrichten German
- berichten German
- errichten German
- hinrichten German
- richten German
- unterrichten German
- verrichten German
- zurichten German
- *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *rihtijaną Proto-Germanic
- ライト Japanese
- rette Norwegian Nynorsk
- right Middle English
- lǫgrétta Old Norse
- rétta Old Norse
- rétting Old Norse
- beretning Danish
- berette Danish
- retning Danish
- rettelse Danish
- rajto Esperanto
- reit Welsh
- rætta Faroese
- *rihtijan gmw-pro
- rihten Old Dutch
- rihtian Old Saxon
- rætta Old Swedish
- rætta, rǣtta Old Swedish
- riit Westrobothnian
- rait Chuukese