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echt

adj · name · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɛkt/
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  • rhymes with -ɛkt

1

adj

Meaning 1

Proper, real, genuine, true to type.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A small village at a crossroads in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref SJ7305).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A town in Echt-Susteren municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

not fake or counterfeit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a genuine Picasso
  • genuine leather

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genuine

Antonyms: none provided

History

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”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiw. First use in English appears c. 1916.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: echt — genuine
  • Dutch: echt — genuine
  • Finnish: aito — genuine
  • Finnish: ehta — genuine
  • German: echt — genuine
  • Polish: autentyczny — genuine
  • Polish: prawdziwy — genuine
  • Spanish: verdadero — genuine