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Borrowed from the Germans, it's true (4)

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I believe the answer is:

echt

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'true' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'borrowed from the germans it's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ch' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for echt that I've seen before include "German's real" , "Genuine - authentic" , "Authentic and typical" , "Authentic (from German)" , "Genuine (Ger.)" .)

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