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richten

richten

German

Etymology

From Old High German rihten, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (to right), derived from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (right, straight).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʁɪçtn̩], [ˈʁɪçtən]
  • Hyphenation: rich‧ten

Verb

richten (third-person singular simple present richtet, past tense richtete, past participle gerichtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to direct
  2. (transitive) to judge
  3. (reflexive) to be directed (auf towards, gegen at)
  4. (reflexive) to follow
  5. (reflexive) to depend (nach on)

Conjugation

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