echt
Meaning
Proper, real, genuine, true to type.
Synonyms
according to instructions
honest-to-god
regulately
as instructed
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛkt/
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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