achtste

Dutch

Dutch ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : acht
    Ordinal : achtste

Etymology

From acht + -ste (superlative).

Displaced Middle Dutch achtende, from Old Dutch *ahtundo, which had -n- by analogy with *sivondo (seventh) and *nigundo (ninth). An even older form was Middle Dutch achte, achtte, from Old Dutch *ahtodo, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑx(t)stə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: acht‧ste

Adjective

achtste (not comparable)

  1. eighth

Inflection

Inflection of achtste
uninflected achtste
inflected achtste
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial achtste
indefinite m./f. sing. achtste
n. sing. achtste
plural achtste
definite achtste
partitive

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West Frisian

West Frisian ordinal numbers
 <  7th 8th 9th  > 
    Cardinal : acht
    Ordinal : achtste

Etymology

Adjective

achtste

  1. eighth

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • achtste”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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