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echt

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See also:Echt,écht,and-echt

English

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WOTD – 2 December 2011

Etymology

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Borrowed fromGermanecht(“real”). The German term originates fromMiddle Low Germanecht(“lawful, genuine”), contraction ofehacht, variant form ofehaft(“lawful, pertaining to the law”) fromê(e)(“law, marriage”). First use in English appears c. 1916.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ɛkt/
- Audio(Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes:-ɛkt

Adjective

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echt (comparativemoreecht,superlativemostecht)

Proper,real,genuine,true to type.
- 1980,Anthony Burgess,Earthly Powers, Penguin, page 8:
  I had heard [the phrase] in Lamb House, Rye, but it was lessecht Henry James than Henry James mockingecht Meredith.
- 2002 March 27, Buck Turgidson, “Heebetudinous”, inalt.california‎^[1] (Usenet):
  And yes, that's what it's about. Some punk writing about sleeping with Ginsberg, despite their fifty-year age difference and homogenous sexuality. What'secht heebish? There's your answer. A hack fag poet and the power to plant him on playlists nationwide.
- 2009 January 18, Ross Douthat, “When Buckley Met Reagan”, inNew York Times‎^[2]:
  Anecht Burkean with a snob’s disdain for the contemporary Republican Party, Hart hinted at a road not taken[…].

Translations

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genuine

Czech:echt (cs)
Dutch:echt (nl)
Finnish:aito (fi);ehta (fi)(dialectal)
German:echt (de)
Polish:autentyczny (pl),prawdziwy (pl)

Anagrams

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Chet,Tech.,chet,etch,hect-,tech

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromGermanecht, fromMiddle High Germanecht, fromMiddle Low Germanecht.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈɛxt]
Hyphenation:echt

Adjective

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echt (indeclinable)

(colloquial)echt,genuine,pure,unadulterated
Synonyms:nefalšovaný,opravdový,ryzí

Derived terms

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adjective

echtovní

Related terms

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adverb

echtovně

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ɛxt/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation:echt
Rhymes:-ɛxt
Homophone:Echt

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Dutchecht, fromOld Dutch*ēhaft, fromProto-West Germanic*aiwahaft.

Adjective

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echt (comparativeechter,superlativeechtst)

authentic,true,genuine,real
Synonyms:waar,heus
Antonyms:onecht,nep,vals
Dit is eenecht kunstwerk, geen kopie. ―This is anauthentic artwork, not a copy.
Hij heeft eenechte diamant gekocht. ―He bought agenuine diamond.

Declension

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Declension ofecht
uninflected	echt
inflected	echte
comparative	echter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		echt	echter	hetechtst hetechtste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	echte	echtere	echtste
	n. sing.	echt	echter	echtste
	plural	echte	echtere	echtste
definite		echte	echtere	echtste
partitive		echts	echters	—

Derived terms

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Adverb

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echt

(as an intensifier)really
We moetenecht weer eens een keer naar dat restaurant gaan. ―We shouldreally go to that restaurant again sometime.
Hij isecht een idioot. ―Hereally is an idiot.

Descendants

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Afrikaans:eg
Petjo:echt,echies
→ Papiamentu:echt

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Dutchechte. A nominalization of the adjective listed atEtymology 1 above, which in Middle Dutch could also mean "lawful" (a meaning that has not survived into modern Dutch).

Noun

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echt m (uncountable,nodiminutive)

(formal) theinstitution orbond ofmarriage;matrimony
Synonyms:huwelijk,trouw
Het koppel is recentelijk in deecht verbonden. ―The couple was recently joined inmatrimony.
Hij heeft deecht gebroken en zijn vrouw bedrogen. ―He broke the bonds ofmatrimony and betrayed his wife.
Zij zijn voornemens spoedig in deecht te treden. ―They intend to be joined inmatrimony soon.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Negerhollands:echt,echte

References

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van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “echt1”, inEtymologiebank, Meertens Institute
van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “echt2”, inEtymologiebank, Meertens Institute

German

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Alternative forms

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ächt(obsolete)

Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germanecht, borrowed fromMiddle Low Germanecht(“lawful, genuine”). The original form is Middle Low Germanēhaft(“lawful”), fromē(“law”) (related to modernEhe); thenēhacht by the Low German development-ft- →-cht- (compareNichte); and eventually contracted intoecht. Cognate toOld High Germanēhaft(“honourable”) andDutchecht.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ɛçt/
Audio(Austria): (file)
Audio(Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Rhymes:-ɛçt

Adjective

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echt (strong nominative masculine singularechter,comparativeechter,superlativeam echtesten)

authentic,genuine,true
Die Jacke ist ausechtem Leder.
The jacket is made ofgenuine leather.
- 1994, “Es möchte echt sein”, inIn Echt, performed by Die Sterne:
  Hallo Lexikon, erklär mir wie das funktioniert / Es möchteecht sein /Echt
  (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
(chiefly colloquial)real;factual
Synonyms:wirklich,tatsächlich
Der Film ist nah an derechten Geschichte.
The film is close to thereal story.
(mathematics)proper
echte Teilmenge ―proper subset

Declension

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Positive forms ofecht

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er istecht	sie istecht	es istecht	sie sindecht
strong declension (without article)	nominative	echter	echte	echtes	echte
	genitive	echten	echter	echten	echter
	dative	echtem	echter	echtem	echten
	accusative	echten	echte	echtes	echte
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	derechte	dieechte	dasechte	dieechten
	genitive	desechten	derechten	desechten	derechten
	dative	demechten	derechten	demechten	denechten
	accusative	denechten	dieechte	dasechte	dieechten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	einechter	eineechte	einechtes	(keine)echten
	genitive	einesechten	einerechten	einesechten	(keiner)echten
	dative	einemechten	einerechten	einemechten	(keinen)echten
	accusative	einenechten	eineechte	einechtes	(keine)echten

Comparative forms ofecht

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er istechter	sie istechter	es istechter	sie sindechter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	echterer	echtere	echteres	echtere
	genitive	echteren	echterer	echteren	echterer
	dative	echterem	echterer	echterem	echteren
	accusative	echteren	echtere	echteres	echtere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	derechtere	dieechtere	dasechtere	dieechteren
	genitive	desechteren	derechteren	desechteren	derechteren
	dative	demechteren	derechteren	demechteren	denechteren
	accusative	denechteren	dieechtere	dasechtere	dieechteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	einechterer	eineechtere	einechteres	(keine)echteren
	genitive	einesechteren	einerechteren	einesechteren	(keiner)echteren
	dative	einemechteren	einerechteren	einemechteren	(keinen)echteren
	accusative	einenechteren	eineechtere	einechteres	(keine)echteren

Superlative forms ofecht

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er istam echtesten	sie istam echtesten	es istam echtesten	sie sindam echtesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	echtester	echteste	echtestes	echteste
	genitive	echtesten	echtester	echtesten	echtester
	dative	echtestem	echtester	echtestem	echtesten
	accusative	echtesten	echteste	echtestes	echteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	derechteste	dieechteste	dasechteste	dieechtesten
	genitive	desechtesten	derechtesten	desechtesten	derechtesten
	dative	demechtesten	derechtesten	demechtesten	denechtesten
	accusative	denechtesten	dieechteste	dasechteste	dieechtesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	einechtester	eineechteste	einechtestes	(keine)echtesten
	genitive	einesechtesten	einerechtesten	einesechtesten	(keiner)echtesten
	dative	einemechtesten	einerechtesten	einemechtesten	(keinen)echtesten
	accusative	einenechtesten	eineechteste	einechtestes	(keine)echtesten

Derived terms

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Descendants

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→ English:echt

Adverb

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echt

(chiefly colloquial)really;indeed
Synonym:wirklich
Das warecht gut. ―That wasreally good.

Interjection

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echt

expresses disbelief or shock at new information
Synonym:wirklich
"Ich lebe erst seit 2 Jahren in Deutschland." "Echt? Du sprichst sehr gut Deutsch." ―"I've only been living in Germany for 2 years." "Really? Your German is very good."