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Echt Ekht Adjective Real Authentic Genuine Entered English

Echt is a German loanword in English meaning 'real', 'authentic', or 'genuine'. It is used to denote the truth or authenticity of something.

Echt is een Duits leenwoord in het Engels dat 'echt', 'authentiek' of 'oprecht' betekent. Het wordt gebruikt om de waarheid of echtheid van iets aan te geven.

Back echt \ekht\
Front
adjective
Real; authentic; genuine.

[Echt entered English from the German word of the same spelling in the early 1900s.]

This is true or echt because I used a calculator. - Patricia Wood, Lottery, 2008

Outside, there is the kind of veiled, wintry sunshine which never manages to warm the chilly air, stirred by a light and capricious, echt Berlin breeze. - Alain Robbe-Grillet, Repetition, 2003

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