אייגנטלעך

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German eigenlīch (“own, peculiar”). Semantically and phonetically probably influenced by German eigentlich (“actually”) from the same source. Compare also Dutch eigenlijk.

Adverb

אייגנטלעך • (eygntlekh)

  1. as a matter of fact; actually
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