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Echt
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echt écht -echt
English
thumb|Echt Crossroads, Aberdeenshire
Proper noun
en small village at a crossroads in carea/Aberdeenshire cc/Scotland OS grid ref SJ7305.
en town mun:suf/Echt-Susteren p:suf/Limburg c/Netherlands.
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Eitha around 1050. Derived from nl dum echt property (compare dum achte), used here in a special sense to refer to a forest reserved for the exclusive use of the feudal lord who owned it. Compare nl Acht, nl Achterveld and nl Achtmaal.
See also li Ech.
Pronunciation
nl /ɛxt/
nl Nl-echt.ogg
nl Echt
nl ɛxt
nl echt
Proper noun
n
nl town/and/former municipality mun/Echt-Susteren p/Limburg c/Netherlands
nl Aesterriek Carnival nickname
Derived terms
nl Echtenaar
nl Echter
nl Echterbosch
nl Echt-Susteren
References
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