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You can make 15 words from echt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of echt

echt ceht ehct hect chet hcet ecth ceth etch tech cteh tceh ehtc hetc ethc tehc htec thec chte hcte cthe tche htce thce

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word echt. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in echt.

Definitions and meaning of echt

echt

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkt

Adjective

echt (comparative more echt, superlative most echt)

1. Proper, real, genuine, true to type.

Translations

Anagrams

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

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German echt, from Middle High German echt, from Middle Low German echt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛxt]
• Hyphenation: echt

Adjective

echt (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) echt, genuine, pure, unadulterated

   Synonyms: nefalšovaný, opravdový, ryzí

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• echt in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• echt in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• echt in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch echt, from Old Dutch *ēhaft, from Proto-West Germanic *aiwahaft.

Adjective

echt (comparative echter, superlative echtst)

1. authentic, true, genuine, real

   Synonyms: waar, heus

   Antonyms: onecht, nep, vals

Inflection

Derived terms

• echt lepelblad
• echte salie
• echtheid
• onecht
• rasecht
• in het echt

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

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Noun

echt m (uncountable)

1. The institution marriage, matrimony.

   Synonym: huwelijk

Derived terms

• echtelijk
• echtgelofte
• echtgenoot
• echtscheiding

Descendants

• Negerhollands: echt, echte

German

Alternative forms

• ächt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German echt, borrowed from Middle Low German echt (“lawful, genuine”). The original form is Middle Low German ēhaft (“lawful”), from ē (“law”) (related to modern Ehe); then ēhacht by the Low German development -ft- → -cht- (compare Nichte); and eventually contracted into echt. Cognate to Old High German ēhaft (“honourable”) and Dutch echt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛçt/
• Rhymes: -ɛçt

Adjective

echt (strong nominative masculine singular echter, comparative echter, superlative am echtesten)

1. authentic, genuine, true
2. (chiefly colloquial) real; factual

   Synonyms: wirklich, tatsächlich

3. (mathematics) proper

   echte Teilmenge ― proper subset

Declension

Derived terms

• echtgolden
• Echtheit
• echt jetzt
• echtsilbern
• in echt
• waschecht

Descendants

• → English: echt

Adverb

echt

1. (chiefly colloquial) really; indeed

   Synonym: wirklich

   Das war echt gut. ― That was really good.

Interjection

echt

1. 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."

Further reading

• “echt” in Duden online
• “echt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German echt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛxt/
• Syllabification: echt

Adjective

echt (indeclinable)

1. authentic, genuine, true

Further reading

• “echt”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Scots

Verb

echt

1. Alternative form of aicht (“to own”)

References

• “echt, v.tr.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.