echtman
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of echt (“(the bond of) marriage”) + man.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛxt.mɑn/
- Hyphenation: echt‧man
Noun
echtman m (plural echtmannen or echtelieden, diminutive echtmannetje n)
- a married (usually adult) man
- pl, m the Archaic plural echtelieden (unlike -mannen, which clearly suggests males) now actually applies to both sexes (used grammatically neutral), meaning spouses or married people
Antonyms
Related terms
- echtbreuk
- jonkman