Acht

See also acht

German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /axt/

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Etymology 1

Substantivation of the numeral acht "eight", from Old High German ahtô

Noun

Acht f (genitive Acht, plural Achten)

1. the natural number eight
2. the numeral sign 8
3. a playing card with the value eight
4. a figure eight shape; a bicycle wheel bent out of shape

Declension

declension of Acht

	singular			plural
f gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Acht	die	Achten
genitive	einer	der	Acht	der	Achten
dative	einer	der	Acht	den	Achten
accusative	eine	die	Acht	die	Achten

Etymology 2

From Old High German ahta. Archaic or obsolete, but survives in toponymy.

Noun

Acht f (genitive Acht, plural Achten)

1. field

Synonyms

• Acker

Etymology 3

From Old High German ahta. Verbal abstract of achten.

Noun

Acht f (genitive Acht, no plural)

1. attention

Etymology 4

From Middle High German āhte, from Old High German āhta, from Proto-Germanic *anhtō (“persecution”). Cognate with Old English ōht (“persecution, enmity”).

Noun

Acht f (genitive Acht, no plural)

1. ban, banishment, outlawry

Derived terms

• Reichsacht "imperial ban"

Related terms

• ächten

References

• Grimm, Deutsches Wörterbuch.