agt

See also: ägt

Afrikaans

Afrikaans numbers ^(edit)

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

Alternative forms

• ag

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aχt/

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Numeral

agt

1. eight

Usage notes

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑɡ̊d̥]
• Homophone: akt

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. intention
2. esteem

Further reading

• “agt” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Verb

agt

1. imperative of agte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of akt