rechts.
on the right
Meaning & usage
on the right
Zie je die auto rechts?
to the right
Bij het volgende verkeerslicht rechts afslaan.
We gaan naar rechts.
Where this word comes from
From recht (“correct”, obsolete sense) + -s (adverbial suffix). Just as in English, the sense “on the right-hand side” developed from the idea that since most people are right-handed, that is the ‘correct’ side.
right
Er zit een vlek op je rechtse schoen.
rightist, belonging to the ideological right
Dat zijn rechtse ideeën.
right-handed
Ik ben rechts, je kan niet met mijn pen schrijven.
Where this word comes from
From the adverbial sense “on the right” above. The adjectival meaning resulted in the obsolete spelling rechtsch.
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