Meaning & use
echt
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Genuine, authentic, or real.
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The restaurant serves echt Neapolitan pizza, made with imported ingredients and a wood-fired oven.
Critics praised the film for its echt portrayal of small-town life.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from German (and Yiddish); appears mainly in literary or journalistic writing rather than everyday speech.
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fakecounterfeit
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