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echt

Pronunciation: /ɛçt/

“echt” is a German word. Its 5 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. authentic, genuine, true
  2. real; factual
  3. proper

adverb

  1. really; indeed

interjection

  1. expresses disbelief or shock at new information

Etymology

From Middle High German echt, borrowed from Middle Low German echt (“lawful, genuine”). The original form is Middle Low German ēhaft (“lawful”), from ē (“law”) (related to modern Ehe); then ēhacht by the Low German development -ft- → -cht- (compare Nichte); and eventually contracted into echt. Cognate to Old High German ēhaft (“honourable”), Alemannic German ächt and Dutch echt.

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