aacht

See also: Aacht and åcht

Luxembourgish

Luxembourgish cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : aacht
    Ordinal : aacht

Etymology

From Old High German ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. The numeral was influenced by eastern forms including German acht. The expected form is *uecht as preserved in uechtzéng (eighteen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːχt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːχt
  • Homophone: Aart (one pronunciation)

Numeral

aacht

  1. eight

Adjective

aacht (masculine aachten, neuter aacht, not comparable)

  1. eighth

Declension

Declension of aacht
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass si ass et ass si si(nn)
nominative /
accusative
attributive and/or after determiner aachten
independent without determiner aachtes aachter
dative after any declined word aachten aachter aachten aachten
as first declined word aachtem aachtem

North Frisian

North Frisian numbers (edit)
80
 ←  7 8 9  → 
    Cardinal: aacht
    Ordinal: aachst

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian achta. Cognates include West Frisian acht.

Pronunciation

Numeral

aacht

  1. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) eight

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