different between echt vs wecht

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kt/

Adjective

echt (comparative more echt, superlative most echt)

1. proper, real, genuine, true to type
   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, Penguin, p.8

     I had heard [the phrase] in Lamb House, Rye, but it was less echt Henry James than Henry James mocking echt Meredith.

Translations

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xt/
• Hyphenation: echt
• Rhymes: -?xt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch echt, from Old Dutch *?haft, 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

• echtheid
• onecht
• in het echt

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eg

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

echt m (uncountable)

1. The institution marriage, matrimony.

   Synonym: huwelijk

Derived terms

• echtelijk
• echtgelofte
• echtgenoot
• echtscheiding

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 ?haft (“lawful”), from ? (“law”) (related to modern Ehe); then ?hacht by the Low German development -ft- ? -cht- (compare Nichte); and eventually contracted into echt. Cognate to Old High German ?haft (“honourable”) and Dutch echt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?çt/
• Rhymes: -?çt

Adjective

echt (comparative echter, superlative am echtesten)

1. authentic, genuine, true

2. (chiefly colloquial) real; factual

   Synonyms: wirklich, tatsächlich

3. (mathematics) proper

Declension

Synonyms

• (real): wirklich

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• ? English: echt

Adverb

echt

1. (chiefly colloquial) really; indeed

Synonyms

• wirklich

Further reading

• “echt” in Duden online

English

Alternative forms

• wehit, weight

Noun

wecht (plural wechts)

1. (Scotland) A form of sieve used to winnow grain; the weight of its contents

Derived terms

• wechtful

Verb

wecht (third-person singular simple present wechts, present participle wechting, simple past and past participle wechted)

1. (Scotland) To winnow grain using such a device

References

• 1969 The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary (Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary).