echtman

Compound of echt (“(the bond of) marriage”) +‎ man.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛxt.mɑn/
• Hyphenation: echt‧man

echtman m (plural echtmannen or echtelieden, diminutive echtmannetje n)

1. a married (usually adult) man
2. 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

• vrijgezel

• echtbreuk
• jonkman

• manchet