richtig

Meaning

1. correct, accurate, right
2. right, correct, good
3. right, fit, appropriate
4. proper, real, actual
5. proper, real, respectable, reputable
6. complete, real, downright, just

Frequency

Hyphenated as

rich‧tig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʁɪçtɪç/

Etymology

From Middle High German rihtec, from Old High German rihtīg, from reht (“right”) + -ig. Equivalent to recht + -ig. Originally only an adjective; adverb developed later.

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Sentences

Auf Tour lernten sich die drei
3

erst richtig kennen .

The three first got to know each other on tour.

Wie verhält man
1️⃣

sich richtig , wenn man
1️⃣

im Wald einem Bären begegnet ?

How do you behave properly when you meet a bear in the forest?

Als es im späten September noch einmal richtig warm
☀️

wurde , schmolzen die Weihnachtsmänner aus Schokolade
🍫

in den Regalen .

When it got really warm again in late September, the chocolate Santa Clauses melted on the shelves.

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