Usage examples of "recht" in German with translation to English

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Er könnte recht gehabt haben. He may have been right.
Recht und Politik sind zweierlei. Law and politics are two different things.
Wo die Macht der Herr ist, ist das Recht sein Diener. Where might is master, justice is servant.
Du scheinst recht zu haben. It looks as if you're right.
Recht und Politik sind zwei Paar Stiefel. Law and politics are two different things.
Der Kunde hat immer Recht. The customer is always right.
Jeder hat das Recht, überall als rechtsfähig anerkannt zu werden. Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Ich glaube, Sie haben Recht. I think you're right.
Jeder, der wegen einer strafbaren Handlung beschuldigt wird, hat das Recht, als unschuldig zu gelten, solange seine Schuld nicht in einem öffentlichen Verfahren, in dem er alle für seine Verteidigung notwendigen Garantien gehabt hat, gemäß dem Gesetz nachgewiesen ist. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
Er bestand auf seinem Recht. He stood on his right.
Niemand darf wegen einer Handlung oder Unterlassung verurteilt werden, die zur Zeit ihrer Begehung nach innerstaatlichem oder internationalem Recht nicht strafbar war. Ebenso darf keine schwerere Strafe als die zum Zeitpunkt der Begehung der strafbaren Handlung angedrohte Strafe verhängt werden. No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
Er wurde zu Recht bestraft. He was rightly punished.
Damit könntest du recht haben. You may be right about that.
Ich glaube du hast recht. I think you're right.
Das war recht von ihnen! That was right of them.
Er mag recht gehabt haben. He may have been right.
Sie scheinen recht zu haben. It looks as if you're right.
Ich schätze, Tom hatte recht. I guess Tom was right.
Ich habe recht, nicht wahr? I'm right, aren't I?
Ich glaube, ihr habt recht. I think you're right.
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