acht

Alemannic German

Numeral

acht

1. (cardinal) eight

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑxt
• (Belgium) IPA: /ɑçt/

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• (Netherlands) IPA: /ɑxt/

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch achte, acht, from Old Dutch ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Compare German acht, English eight, Danish otte, Swedish åtta.

Numeral

Dutch cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : acht     Ordinal : achtste

acht

1. (cardinal) eight

Derived terms

• achthoek

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch achte, from Old Dutch *ahta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtō.

Noun

acht f (uncountable)

1. attention, heed

Derived terms

• achten

Verb

acht

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of achten
2. imperative of achten

Anagrams

• chat

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German

German cardinal numbers

<  7	8	9  >
Cardinal : acht     Ordinal : achte

Etymology

From Old High German ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Compare Dutch acht, English eight, Danish otte, Swedish åtta.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [aχt]

Numeral

acht

1. (cardinal) eight

Related terms

• achtzehn
• achtzig

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Latin āctus.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA: [ɑxt̪ˠ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: [axt̪ˠ]

Noun

acht m (genitive achta, nominative plural achtanna)

1. decree
2. compact
3. condition

Declension

Declension of acht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative acht achtanna Vocative a acht a achtanna Genitive achta achtanna Dative acht achtanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-acht na hachtanna Genitive an achta na n-achtanna Dative leis an acht don acht leis na hachtanna

Etymology 2

From Old Irish acht.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA: [ɑx]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: [ax]

Conjunction

acht

1. Obsolete spelling of ach.

Preposition

acht

1. Obsolete spelling of ach.

Adverb

acht

1. Obsolete spelling of ach.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acht	n-acht	hacht	t-acht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu. Cognate to German acht, Dutch acht.

Numeral

acht

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian and Plautdietsch) eight (8)

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Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /axt/

Numeral

acht

1. Alternative form of achte.

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian achta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Noun

acht (plural: achten)

1. eight