acht
Alemannic German
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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
- eight
Bavarian
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Cardinal: acht |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɒxt/
Audio (file)
Numeral
acht
- eight
Cimbrian
Numeral
acht
- attributive form of achte
- acht óarn ― eight o'clock (literally, “eight hours”)
Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech acht, possibly from Middle High German āhte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaxt]
- Hyphenation: acht
Noun
acht m inan
- (archaic) anathema
- Synonym: klatba
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | acht | achty |
genitive | achtu | achtů |
dative | achtu | achtům |
accusative | acht | achty |
vocative | achte | achty |
locative | achtu | achtech |
instrumental | achtem | achty |
Derived terms
- achtovat
- achtovanec
Further reading
- acht in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- acht in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑxt/
audio (Belgium) (file) audio (Netherlands) (file) - Hyphenation: acht
- Rhymes: -ɑxt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch achte, acht, from Old Dutch ahto, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
Numeral
80 | ||
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Cardinal: acht Ordinal: achtste |
acht
- eight
Derived terms
- achthoek
Descendants
- Afrikaans: agt, ag
- Berbice Creole Dutch: akti
- Jersey Dutch: āxt
- Negerhollands: acht, agt, ak
- Skepi Creole Dutch: akt
- → Sranan Tongo: acht
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch achte, from Old Dutch *ahta, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtu.
Noun
acht f (uncountable)
- attention, heed
Derived terms
- achten
- acht is meer dan duizend
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ag
Verb
acht
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of achten
- imperative of achten
Anagrams
- chat
Dutch Low Saxon
Etymology
From Old Saxon ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu. Cognate to German Low German acht, German acht, Dutch acht.
Numeral
acht
- (in many (all?) dialects) eight (8)
German
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Cardinal: acht Ordinal: achte Sequence adverb: achtens Ordinal abbreviation: 8. Adverbial: achtmal Adverbial abbreviation: 8-mal Multiplier: achtfach Multiplier abbreviation: 8-fach Fractional: Achtel Polygon: Achteck Polygon abbreviation: 8-Eck Polygonal adjective: achteckig Polygonal adjective abbreviation: 8-eckig | ||
German Wikipedia article on 8 |
Etymology
From Middle High German ahte, from Old High German ahto, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, 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 (file)
Numeral
acht
- (cardinal number) eight (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 8; or describing a set with eight elements)
Coordinate terms
—0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 | |
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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 |
- 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
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Derived terms
- Acht, Achteck
- achtfach, achtmal
- achtstündig, achttägig
Related terms
- achtzehn
- achtzig
- Achteck
Further reading
- “acht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “acht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “acht” in Duden online
- acht on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
German Low German
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Cardinal : acht Ordinal : acht | ||
Etymology
From Middle Low German achte, from Old Saxon ahto. Cognate to Dutch Low Saxon acht, German acht, Dutch acht.
Numeral
acht
- (in many dialects, including East Pomeranian, Low Prussian) eight (8)
Coordinate terms
—0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 | |
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0— | null | een | twee/twei | dree/drei | veer | fiev/fief | söß/söss | sæben/söven | acht | negen |
1— | teihn/tein/tien | ölven/elf | twölf | dörteihn | veerteihn | föffteihn | sössteihn | söventeihn | achtteihn | negenteihn |
2— | twintig | eenuntwintig | tweeuntwintig | dreeuntwintig | veeruntwintig | fiefuntwintig | sössuntwintig | sövenuntwintig | achtuntwintig | negenuntwintig |
3— | dörtig | eenundörtig | tweeundörtig | dreeundörtig | veerundörtig | fiefundörtig | sössundörtig | sövenundörtig | achtundörtig | negenundörtig |
4— | veertig | eenunveertig | tweeunveertig | dreeunveertig | veerunveertig | fiefunveertig | sössunveertig | sövenunveertig | achtunveertig | negenunveertig |
5— | föfftig | eenunföfftig | tweeunföfftig | dreeunföfftig | veerunföfftig | fiefunföfftig | sössunföfftig | sövenunföfftig | achtunföfftig | negenunföfftig |
6— | sösstig | eenunsösstig | tweeunsösstig | dreeunsösstig | veerunsösstig | fiefunsösstig | sössunsösstig | sövenunsösstig | achtunsösstig | negenunsösstig |
7— | söventig | eenunsöventig | tweeunsöventig | dreeunsöventig | veerunsöventig | fiefunsöventig | sössunsöventig | sövenunsöventig | achtunsöventig | negenunsöventig |
8— | achtig tachentig | eenunachtig eenuntachentig | tweeunachtig tweeuntachentig | dreeunachtig dreeuntachentig | veerunachtig veeruntachentig | fiefunachtig fiefuntachentig | sössunachtig sössuntachentig | sövenunachtig sövenuntachentig | achtunachtig achtuntachentig | negenunachtig negenuntachentig |
9— | negentig | eenunnegentig | tweeunnegentig | dreeunnegentig | veerunnegentig | fiefunnegentig | sössunnegentig | sövenunnegentig | achtunnegentig | negenunnegentig |
- 100: hunnert
- 103: dusend, duusend, eendusend
- 104: teihndusend
- 106: Milljon
- 1012: Billjon
- 1015: Billjard
…
Numeral
acht
- (East Pomeranian in Brazil) eighth (8th)
References
- Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
- Gertjan Postma, A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian (Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today, vol. 248), 2019, p. 97 & 99
Hunsrik
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Cardinal : acht Ordinal : acht | ||
Etymology
From Middle High German ahte, from Old High German ahto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /axt/
Numeral
acht
- eight
- Sie hon acht Kinner.
- They have eight children.
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Irish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin āctus.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɑxt̪ˠ/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /axt̪ˠ/
Noun
acht m (genitive singular achta, nominative plural achtanna)
- decree, enactment
- compact
- condition
Declension
Third declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
|
Derived terms
- achtachán m (“enactment”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish acht.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɑx/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ax/
Conjunction
acht
- Obsolete spelling of ach (“but”)
Preposition
acht (plus nominative, triggers no mutation)
- Obsolete spelling of ach (“except, but”)
Adverb
acht
- Obsolete spelling of ach (“but, only, merely”)
Etymology 3
Likely from etymology 2.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɑxt̪ˠ/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /axt̪ˠ/
Noun
acht m (genitive singular achta)
- doubt, uncertainty
Declension
Third declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article:
|
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “6 acht (‘decree, edict’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 acht (‘but, except’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 acht (‘stipulation, condition’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “4 acht (‘doubt’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “acht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “acht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /axt/
Numeral
acht
- Alternative form of achte
Old Czech
Etymology
Possibly from Middle High German āhte (compare German outlawry, sworn enmity).
Noun
acht m
- anathema
Declension
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | acht | achta, achty | achti, achtové (achtoví), achty |
genitive | achta, achtu | achtú (achtou) | achtóv (achtuov, achtů), acht |
dative | achtu, achtovi | achtoma, achtama | achtóm (achtuom, achtům) |
accusative | acht, achta | achta, achty | achty |
vocative | achte | achta, achty | achti, achtové (achtoví), achty |
locative | achtě (achte), achtu, achtovi | achtú (achtou) | achtiech (achtích), achtech, achtách |
instrumental | achtem | achtoma, achtama | achty, achtmi, achtami |
Derived terms
- achtovati
- achtovanec
- zaachtovanec
Descendants
- Czech: acht
Further reading
- “acht”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2023
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
- but
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d10
- Mógi sidi uili do Día; acht do·rigénsat in descipuil dechor etarru et déu diib: is hed on ɔsecha-som hic.
- They are all servants to God; but the disciples had made a distinction between them and (made) gods of them; that is what he corrects here.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d10
- provided (that) (followed by ro- and the subjunctive mood of the verb)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23b24
- Ní imned lim act rop Críst pridches et imme·ráda cách.
- It is not tribulation for me provided that it is Christ on whom everyone preaches and meditates.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23b24
- (followed by a nasalizing relative clause) except that
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 137b5
- Fa·didmed aicned, acht dond·ecmaiṅg anísiu.
- Nature would have allowed it, except that this happens.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 137b5
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:acht.
Descendants
- Irish: ach
- Manx: agh
- Scottish Gaelic: ach
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
·acht
- inflection of aigid:
- third-person singular preterite conjunct
- passive singular preterite conjunct
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 acht (‘but, except’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Pennsylvania German
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Cardinal : acht Ordinal : acht | ||
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Cardinal : acht Ordinal : acht | ||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /axt/
Etymology 1
From Middle High German ahte, from Old High German ahto. Compare German acht, Dutch acht, English eight.
Numeral
acht
- eight
Etymology 2
Compare German achte, Dutch achtste, English eighth.
Adjective
acht
- eighth
Numeral
acht
- eighth
West Frisian
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Cardinal : acht Ordinal : achtste | ||
Etymology
From Old Frisian achta, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /axt/
Numeral
acht
- eight
Further reading
- “acht (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Noun
acht c (plural achten, diminutive achtsje)
- eight
Further reading
- “acht (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Zealandic
Etymology
From Middle Dutch achte, acht, from Old Dutch ahto, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
Numeral
acht
- eight
Zipser German
Numeral
acht
- Alternative form of åcht