Echt is an adjective that means authentic and typical. It can also be used as an adverb that means authentically or typically.

Coming directly from the German word for real, our word of the day has maintained the same basic meaning after being imported into English. Here is an example of echt in use.

Those crowds at our early shows were placed there by our management to make it seem that we were a popular band. But later we attracted echt crowds and it was glorious to see that real people actually did enjoy our music.