Polyglot Dictionary

echt

/ɛçt/

adjective A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

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Meaning

  1. real, genuine

    Also used colloquially as an intensifier meaning "really": "echt gut" (really good).

    • Ist das ein echter Diamant?

      Is that a real diamond?

Similar words

realistisch

Realistisch is realistic, matching how things actually are or could be; echt is real/genuine, not fake.

wahr

Close synonyms for "real, true."

Similar in other languages

English

genuine

genuine is the English word for the same thing — both mean "real, genuine."

English

factual

echt is the German word for the same thing — both mean "real, genuine, factual."

Practice

1 What does echt mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches echt?

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