achtste

Dutch
Dutch numbers (edit)
80
 ←  7 8 9  → 
    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/
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  • 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

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: agste
  • Negerhollands: akste, agtste
  • → Sranan Tongo: achtste

Anagrams

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

Etymology

From Old Frisian achtunda, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaxstə/, /ˈakstə/

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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