acht

• ocht, àcht

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑxt/

acht

1. eight

acht

1. attributive form of achte

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑxt/

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• Hyphenation: acht
• Rhymes: -ɑxt

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

acht

1. eight

• achthoek

• Afrikaans: agt

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

acht f (uncountable)

1. attention, heed

• achten

• Afrikaans: ag

acht

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

• chat

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

acht

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

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.

• IPA^(key): [aχt]

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acht

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

• achtzehn
• achtzig

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

acht

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

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

• IPA^(key): /axt/

acht

1. eight

   Sie hon acht Kinner.

   They have eight children.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Borrowed from Latin āctus.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɑxt̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /axt̪ˠ/

acht m (genitive singular achta, nominative plural achtanna)

1. decree, enactment
2. compact
3. condition

• achtachán m (“enactment”)

From Old Irish acht.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɑx/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ax/

acht

1. Obsolete spelling of ach (“but”)

acht (plus nominative, triggers no mutation)

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

acht

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

Likely from etymology 2.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɑxt̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /axt̪ˠ/

acht m (genitive singular achta)

1. doubt, uncertainty

• "acht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “6 acht (‘decree, edict’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 acht (‘but, except’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “3 acht (‘stipulation, condition’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “4 acht (‘doubt’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• 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.

• IPA^(key): /axt/

acht

1. Alternative form of achte

• IPA^(key): /axt/

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

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acht

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

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

See the etymology of the main entry.

·acht

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

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 acht (‘but, except’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

Compare German acht, Dutch acht, English eight.

acht

1. eight

Compare German achte, Dutch achtste, English eighth.

acht

1. eighth

acht

1. eighth

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

• IPA^(key): /axt/

acht

1. eight

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

acht c (plural achten, diminutive achtsje)

1. eight

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

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

acht

1. eight

acht

1. Alternative form of åcht