See also: ägt

Afrikaans

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Afrikaans numbers (edit)
80
 ←  7 8 9  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: agt, ag
    Ordinal: agtste, agste
    Ordinal abbreviation: 8ste

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Dutch acht, from Middle Dutch achte, acht, from Old Dutch ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aχt/
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Numeral

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agt

  1. eight

Usage notes

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Although the alternative form, ag, is rarer than agt in isolation, it commonly replaces agt when the term following it starts with a consonant. This results in alternative forms existing for almost all compounds containing agt with the general rule being that the compounds without unnecessary consonant clusters are more common, e.g. agtien is more common than agttien, but agt-en-twintig is more common than ag-en-twintig.

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German acht, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtu (attention).

Noun

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agt c (singular definite agten, not used in plural form)

  1. intention
  2. esteem

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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agt

  1. imperative of agte

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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agt f (definite singular agti, indefinite plural agter, definite plural agterne or agtene)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of akt