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echt


echt

adj \ˈet\

Definition of ECHT

: true, genuine <an echt New Yorker>

Examples of ECHT

  1. <an echt New Englander wouldn't think of putting tomatoes in clam chowder>

Origin of ECHT

German echt & Yiddish ekht
First Known Use: 1916

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