achten

achten

1. dative of achte

   Bar zèinan in achten.

   There are eight of us.

   (literally, “We are in eight.”)

From Middle Dutch achten, from Old Dutch *ahton, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōną. Equivalent to acht +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑxtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ah‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɑxtən

achten

1. (transitive) to esteem, to respect, to value
2. (transitive) to estimate, to consider, to reckon

• achting

• Afrikaans: ag

• chante

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxtən/, [ˈʔaxtn̩], [ˈʔaxtən]

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From Old High German ahtan, from ahta + -an. Surface analysis: Acht (“attention”) +‎ -en.

achten (third-person singular simple present achtet, past tense achtete, past participle geachtet, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive, with auf and accusative) to care about, to pay attention to
2. (intransitive, with auf and accusative) to keep an eye on
3. (transitive) to respect

• anerkennen
• respektieren

achte +‎ -en

achten

1. inflected form of achte

• achten in Duden online
• achten in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

From Middle Low German achten, from Old Saxon ahton, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōną, derived from *ahtō (from which modern Low German Acht).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxtn̩/, /ˈaxtən/

achten (third-person singular simple present acht, past tense acht, past participle acht, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (intransitive, with op) to care about, pay attention to
2. (transitive) to keep an eye on
3. (intransitive, with op) to respect

• beachten
• gootachten
• achtbor

From Old Dutch *ahton, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōną. Equivalent to achte +‎ -en.

achten

1. to consider, to think
2. to pay attention to
3. to expect
4. to discuss
5. to esteem, to value

• achtbāer
• achtinge
• geachten
• misachten
• vōreachten

• Dutch: achten
• Limburgish: achte

• “achten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “achten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Old Saxon ahton, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōną. Cognate with Dutch achten and Old English eahtian.

• IPA^(key): /axtən/

achten

1. to proscribe
2. to take care about
3. to respect
4. to mind something
5. to look after

achten

1. plural of acht