English Explanatory Dictionary

echt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Proper, real, genuine, true to type.
name
  1. A small village at a crossroads in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref SJ7305).
  2. A town in Echt-Susteren municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.

Pronunciation

/ɛkt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-echt.wav

Word forms

echt more echt most echt

Etymology

Borrowed 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”). First use in English appears c. 1916.

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