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recht: all right — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Quality-approved learning entryAdjectiveLevel B1

recht

all right

acceptable, suitable, or convenient to someone

IPA/ʁɛçt/

The main stress follows standard German pronunciation.

Meaning 1neutral · 88%

acceptable, suitable, or convenient to someone

Ist dir Freitag um zehn Uhr recht?

Der spätere Termin ist mir sogar lieber und völlig recht.

Wenn wir es so lösen, ist es mir recht.

The key pattern is jemandem recht sein: the person who accepts or approves something is in the dative.

Use the dative for the person: Der Termin ist mir recht. Ist dir Freitag recht?

Choose one answer.

What does recht mean in Ist dir Freitag recht?

In the pattern jemandem recht sein, recht means acceptable, suitable, or convenient to someone. The person is in the dative.