echt

Signification

Adj

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

Adv

really; indeed

Intj

expresses disbelief or shock at new information

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɛçt/

Étymologie

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”) and Dutch echt.