anderhalf
Dutch
Etymology
From ander + half. Ander, while usually meaning other, also has an archaic meaning as “second”. Half means more specifically “half before”. Therefore, anderhalf means literally “half before the second”, but this meaning is no longer generally understood in this way.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑn.dərˈɦɑlf/, /ˈɑn.dərˌɦɑlf/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: an‧der‧half
Numeral
anderhalf
- one and a half
Inflection
| Inflection of anderhalf | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | anderhalf | |||
| inflected | anderhalve | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | ||||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | anderhalve | ||
| n. sing. | anderhalf | |||
| plural | anderhalve | |||
| definite | anderhalve | |||
| partitive | ||||
Derived terms
- anderhalve man en een paardenkop
Descendants
- Afrikaans: anderhalf