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Acht

Acht

See also: acht, ächt, åcht, and -acht

German

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

Etymology 2

From Old High German ahta. Obsolete but found in toponyms.

Noun

Acht f (genitive Acht, plural Achten)

  1. field
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From Old High German ahta. Verbal abstract of achten. Cognate with Dutch acht (attention, regard, heed), English aught (estimation, esteem).

Noun

Acht f (genitive Acht, no plural)

  1. attention, regard

Derived terms

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

References

acht

acht

See also: Acht, ächt, åcht, and -acht

Alemannic German

Numeral

acht

  1. (cardinal) eight

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑxt
  • IPA(key): /ɑxt/

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, Greek οκτώ (októ), Latin octō.

Numeral

Dutch cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : acht
    Ordinal : achtste

acht

  1. (cardinal) eight
Derived terms
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
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: ag

Verb

acht

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

Anagrams


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)

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, Greek οκτώ (októ), Latin octō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aχt]

Numeral

acht

  1. (cardinal) eight

Related terms

Coordinate terms


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 978-3-529-03000-0, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English act, from Latin āctus.

Pronunciation

Noun

acht m (genitive singular achta, nominative plural achtanna)

  1. decree, enactment
  2. compact
  3. condition
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish acht.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

acht m (genitive singular achta)

  1. doubt, uncertainty
Declension

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.

References


Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /axt/

Numeral

acht

  1. Alternative form of achte

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).

Conjunction

acht

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

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of aigid.

Verb

·acht

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

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.

References


West Frisian

West Frisian cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : acht

Etymology

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

Numeral

acht

  1. (cardinal) eight

Noun

acht ? (plural achten)

  1. eight

Zipser German

Numeral

acht

  1. Alternative form of åcht