acht

See also: Acht, ächt, åcht, and -acht

Alemannic German

cardinal number

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Alternative forms

• ocht, àcht

Etymology

From Old High German ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu. Cognate with German acht, Dutch acht, English eight, Swedish åtta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑxt/

Numeral

acht

1. eight

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Cimbrian

Numeral

acht

1. attributive form of achte

   acht óarn ― eight o'clock (literally, “eight hours”)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑxt/

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• Hyphenation: acht
• Rhymes: -ɑxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch achte, acht, from Old Dutch ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

Dutch numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: acht     Ordinal: achtste

acht

1. eight

Derived terms

• achthoek

Descendants

• Afrikaans: agt

Etymology 2

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

Noun

acht f (uncountable)

1. attention, heed

Derived terms

• achten

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ag

Verb

acht

1. (deprecated template usage) first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of achten
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of achten

Anagrams

• chat

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Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

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

Numeral

acht

1. (in many (all?) dialects) eight (8)

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German

German cardinal numbers

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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, Greek οκτώ (októ), Latin octō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [axt]

• audio

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Numeral

acht

1. eight (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 8; or describing a set with eight elements)

Coordinate terms

German cardinal numbers from 0 to 99

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	null	eins, (before a noun) ein	zwei	drei	vier	fünf	sechs	sieben	acht	neun
1—	zehn	elf	zwölf	dreizehn	vierzehn	fünfzehn	sechzehn	siebzehn	achtzehn	neunzehn
2—	zwanzig	einundzwanzig	zweiundzwanzig	dreiundzwanzig	vierundzwanzig	fünfundzwanzig	sechsundzwanzig	siebenundzwanzig	achtundzwanzig	neunundzwanzig
3—	Germany, Austria: dreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: dreissig	Germany, Austria: einunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: einunddreissig	Germany, Austria: zweiunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: zweiunddreissig	Germany, Austria: dreiunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: dreiunddreissig	Germany, Austria: vierunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: vierunddreissig	Germany, Austria: fünfunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: fünfunddreissig	Germany, Austria: sechsunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: sechsunddreissig	Germany, Austria: siebenunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: siebenunddreissig	Germany, Austria: achtunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: achtunddreissig	Germany, Austria: neununddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: neununddreissig
4—	vierzig	einundvierzig	zweiundvierzig	dreiundvierzig	vierundvierzig	fünfundvierzig	sechsundvierzig	siebenundvierzig	achtundvierzig	neunundvierzig
5—	fünfzig	einundfünfzig	zweiundfünfzig	dreiundfünfzig	vierundfünfzig	fünfundfünfzig	sechsundfünfzig	siebenundfünfzig	achtundfünfzig	neunundfünfzig
6—	sechzig	einundsechzig	zweiundsechzig	dreiundsechzig	vierundsechzig	fünfundsechzig	sechsundsechzig	siebenundsechzig	achtundsechzig	neunundsechzig
7—	siebzig	einundsiebzig	zweiundsiebzig	dreiundsiebzig	vierundsiebzig	fünfundsiebzig	sechsundsiebzig	siebenundsiebzig	achtundsiebzig	neunundsiebzig
8—	achtzig	einundachtzig	zweiundachtzig	dreiundachtzig	vierundachtzig	fünfundachtzig	sechsundachtzig	siebenundachtzig	achtundachtzig	neunundachtzig
9—	neunzig	einundneunzig	zweiundneunzig	dreiundneunzig	vierundneunzig	fünfundneunzig	sechsundneunzig	siebenundneunzig	achtundneunzig	neunundneunzig

German cardinal numbers from 100 onward

• 100: hundert, einhundert
• 10³: tausend, eintausend
• 10⁴: zehntausend (Myriade)
• 10⁶: Million (tausendmaltausend, tausendtausend)
• 10⁹: Milliarde
• 10¹²: Billion
• 10¹⁵: Billiarde
• 10¹⁸: Trillion
• 10²¹: Trilliarde
• 10²⁴: Quadrillion
• 10²⁷: Quadrilliarde
• 10³⁰: Quintillion
• 10³³: Quintilliarde
• 10³⁶: Sextillion
• 10³⁹: Sextilliarde
• 10⁴²: Septillion
• 10⁴⁵: Septilliarde
• 10⁴⁸: Oktillion
• 10⁵¹: Oktilliarde
• 10⁵⁴: Nonillion
• 10⁵⁷: Nonilliarde
• 10⁶⁰: Dezillion
• 10⁶³: Dezilliarde
• 10⁶⁶: Undezillion
• 10⁶⁹: Undezilliarde
• 10⁷²: Duodezillion
• 10⁷⁵: Duodezilliarde
• 10⁷⁸: Tredezillion
• 10⁸¹: Tredezilliarde
• 10⁸⁴: Quattuordezillion
• 10⁸⁷: Quattuordezilliarde

…

• 10¹⁰⁰: Googol

…

• 10¹²⁰: Vigintillion
• 10¹²³: Vigintilliarde

…

Related terms

• achtzehn
• achtzig

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German Low German

Etymology

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

Numeral

acht

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

References

• Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

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Hunsrik

Hunsrik cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : acht     Ordinal : acht

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /axt/

Numeral

acht

1. eight

   Sie hon acht Kinner.

   They have eight children.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin āctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑxt̪ˠ/
• IPA^(key): /axt̪ˠ/

Noun

acht m (genitive singular achta, nominative plural achtanna)

1. decree, enactment
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

Derived terms

• achtachán m (“enactment”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish acht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑx/
• IPA^(key): /ax/

Conjunction

acht

1. Obsolete spelling of ach (“but”)

Preposition

acht (plus nominative, triggers no mutation)

1. Obsolete spelling of ach (“except, but”)

Adverb

acht

1. Obsolete spelling of ach (“but, only, merely”)

Etymology 3

Likely from etymology 2.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑxt̪ˠ/
• IPA^(key): /axt̪ˠ/

Noun

acht m (genitive singular achta)

1. doubt, uncertainty

Declension

Declension of acht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative acht Vocative a acht Genitive achta Dative acht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-acht Genitive an achta Dative leis an acht don acht

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “acht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “6 acht (‘decree, edict’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 acht (‘but, except’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 acht (‘stipulation, condition’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “4 acht (‘doubt’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “acht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “acht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /axt/

Numeral

acht

1. Alternative form of achte

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /axt/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *extos (“except, but”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsto- (“out”), from *h₁eǵʰs. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”).

Alternative forms

• act

Conjunction

acht

1. but
2. provided (that) (followed by ro- and the subjunctive mood of the verb)

Descendants

• Irish: ach
• Manx: agh
• Scottish Gaelic: ach

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·acht

1. inflection of aigid:
   1. third-person singular preterite conjunct
   2. passive singular preterite conjunct

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·acht	unchanged	·n-acht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 acht (‘but, except’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Pennsylvania German

Pennsylvania German cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : acht     Ordinal : acht

Pennsylvania German ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : acht     Ordinal : acht

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /axt/

Etymology 1

Compare German acht, Dutch acht, English eight.

Numeral

acht

1. eight

Etymology 2

Compare German achte, Dutch achtste, English eighth.

Adjective

acht

1. eighth

Ordinal number

acht

1. eighth

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West Frisian

West Frisian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : acht     Ordinal : achtste

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /axt/

Numeral

acht

1. eight

Further reading

• “acht (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

acht c (plural achten, diminutive achtsje)

1. eight

Further reading

• “acht (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Zealandic

Etymology

From Middle Dutch achte, acht, from Old Dutch ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

acht

1. eight

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Zipser German

Numeral

acht

1. Alternative form of åcht