Was heißt »recht­mä­ßig« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv »recht­mä­ßig« (auch: rechtmässig) lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • lawful
  • legal
  • rightful
  • justifiable

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Ich will nur, was mir rechtmäßig zusteht.

I only want what is rightfully mine.

All I want is what's rightfully mine.

Mary und Alice sind ein rechtmäßig verheiratetes gleichgeschlechtliches Paar.

Mary and Alice are a legally married same sex couple.

Synonyme

be­rech­tigt:
entitled
legitimate
le­gi­tim:
legitimate
statt­haft:
allowed

Antonyme

il­le­gal:
clandestine
illegal
illicit
un­recht­mä­ßig:
illegal
unjustifiable
unlawful
unrightful
ver­bo­ten:
forbidden
prohibited
verboten

Englische Beispielsätze

  • My legal name is Tom Jackson.

  • This is a legal gray area.

  • Tom decided to take legal action.

  • He wouldn't give me any legal advice so I asked his dog.

  • Are you the rightful owner?

  • I don't think what you're doing is legal.

  • "Here is your ring, Mrs. Sawyer," I interrupted; "it clearly belongs to your daughter, and I am glad to be able to restore it to the rightful owner."

  • I'm not sure if this is legal.

  • Is this even legal?

  • I believe in Spinoza's God, Who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God Who concerns Himself with the fate and the doings of mankind.

  • What we're doing is perfectly legal.

  • Same sex marriage is now legal in 20 countries worldwide, including Ireland as of yesterday.

  • The legal age for marriage in Australia is 18.

  • I don't understand these legal documents.

  • Just because something is legal, it doesn't mean that it's ethical.

  • It's not explicitly prohibited, but in fact it is not allowed either. It is a legal limbo.

  • This is perfectly legal.

  • Is this money still legal tender?

  • Should cannabis be legal?

  • Marijuana is now legal in Colorado.

Rechtmäßig übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: rechtmäßig. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: rechtmäßig. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1956618, 4154507, 8814678, 8203497, 7872105, 7009813, 6978257, 6970452, 6309916, 6289554, 6285752, 5226008, 5151195, 4219297, 3610727, 3553017, 3527386, 3522281, 3521987, 3492769, 3419441 & 3058384. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR