echt
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echt
Proper, real, genuine, true to typeProper, real, genuine, true to type.
/ɛkt/
Meaning
1 sensesProper, real, genuine, true to type.
echt
More definitions
- not fake or counterfeit
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
genuine:
Origin
Borrowed from German echt (“real”). The German term originates from Middle Low German echtBorrowed from German echt (“real”). The German term originates from Middle Low German echt (“lawful, genuine”), contraction of ehacht, variant form of ehaft (“lawful, pertaining to the law”) from ê(e) (“law, marriage”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiw. First use in English appears c. 1916.
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Forms
more echt, most echtSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- not fake or counterfeit:genuine
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form