"Er besteht auf seinem Recht."

Translation: He insists on his rights.

[ohookins]

In English you would never say "his right" (except when naming a specific right), yet it is accepted. Would you ever translate "seinem Recht" to "his right" (singular) in the same circumstances?

[Hohenems]

I agree that I would not use "right" in singular here in English except the situation you mentioned. Duo probably accepts "his right" singular because the German sentence is singular - "seinem Recht" instead of "seinen Rechte". Sort of how sometimes we're given a German idiom that doesn't translate to English at all when you go word for word, but Duo accepts the word for word translation.

[ProtocolDroid]

I think it's valid. The right must be implied by the context. Alone it would be odd.

[royalt213]

Agreed. If the right of freedom of speech, for instance, were being discussed, you could certainly say, "He insists on his right (to freedom of speech)."

[amir2121]

https://yourdailygerman.com/2013/03/13/german-prefixes-explanation-be/

For all of you who don't understand the "be" prefix..

[Selina334384]

I'm not quite sure if you can say "seinem" in this sentence. I would say "Er besteht auf sein Recht"

[Sarah851648]

No, the dative "seinem Recht" is correct.

[_sree]

The translation seems wrong.
Er besteht auf seinen Rechten. He insists on his rights.
Er besteht auf seinem Recht. He insists on his right.

[LukeProcto6]

I by my 1st gut feeling translated this as "he stands by his right" rather than saying "insists".

With that translation the singular does not sound so odd.

[John116976]

I think "he stands on his rights" ought to be accepted.

[Germn375472]

I have seen two examples:
"Er besteht auf seinem Recht"
"Die firma besteht aus fünf personen"

So is it "besteht + auf" or "besteht + aus"? Which one to use when?

[Sarah851648]

bestehen auf: insist on / bestehen aus: consist of

[dandydinmont]

The difference between 'seinem recht' for 'his rights' and 'seinen körpe' for 'his body' I am led to believe is plural and singular but I put 'seinem körpe' in a previous question and was marked wrong, 'his body' is surely singular...