recht gehabt

been right

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been right The past participle form of „recht haben“ (to be right). It is used with a helping verb, such as „hat“, „mag“ or „hättest“; the exact English tense depends on the sentence.

GE: Du hast recht gehabt.

EN: You were right.

Er hat ja recht gehabt.

He was right.

Er könnte recht gehabt haben.

He might have been right.

Er mag recht gehabt haben.

He may have been right.

Ich habe wohl leider recht gehabt.

Unfortunately, it seems I was right.

Vitya, scheint, als hättest du recht gehabt.

Vitya, it seems you were right.

— Salyut-7 (2017)

Du hast vorhin recht gehabt.

You were right earlier.