echt

Meaning

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

echt

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

echt

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

echt

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

ächt

Graubünden

Graubünden

echt

Zürich

Zürich

ächt

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛçt/
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”) and Dutch echt.

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