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Achten

Achten

See also: achten and ächten

German

Noun

Achten f

  1. plural of Acht

achten

achten

See also: Achten and ächten

Dutch

Verb

achten

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

Inflection

Inflection of achten (weak)
infinitive achten
past singular achtte
past participle geacht
infinitive achten
gerund achten n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular acht achtte
2nd person sing. (jij) acht achtte
2nd person sing. (u) acht achtte
2nd person sing. (gij) acht achtte
3rd person singular acht achtte
plural achten achtten
subjunctive sing.1 achte achtte
subjunctive plur.1 achten achtten
imperative sing. acht
imperative plur.1 acht
participles achtend geacht
1) Archaic.

Related terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: ag

Anagrams


German

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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
Conjugation
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

achte + -en

Adjective

achten

  1. inflected form of achte

Low German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaxtn̩/, /ˈaxtən/

Verb

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

Conjugation

Derived terms


Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /axtən/

Etymology

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

Verb

achten

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

Conjugation


West Frisian

Noun

achten

  1. plural of acht