recht haben
[ˈʁɛçt ˌhaːbn̩]
The verdict
“recht haben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Recht sein; etwas der Wahrheit Entsprechendes äußern
Corpus desk
Index DE-recht-haben · recht haben · German
recht haben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recht haben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛçt ˌhaːbn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „recht haben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
recht haben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁɛçt ˌhaːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Recht sein; etwas der Wahrheit Entsprechendes äußern".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for recht haben, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is recht haben, spelled R-E-C-H-T- -H-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1im Recht sein; etwas der Wahrheit Entsprechendes äußern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how recht haben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Und ich habe doch recht!
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.