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acht

German, number

acht is spelled A-C-H-T (4 letters) and appears 95 times per million words in written German, the 912th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acht is a German number meaning “eight (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 8; or describing a set with eight elements)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Acht is a different word: “the natural number eight”. With an umlaut, ächt is a different word: “singular imperative of ächten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Kardinalzahl zwischen sieben und neun”.

What does acht mean in English?

number

  1. 1

    eight (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 8; or describing a set with eight elements)

noun

as Acht
  1. 1

    femininethe natural number eight

  2. 2

    femininethe numeral sign 8

  3. 3

    femininea playing card with the value eight

  4. 4

    femininea figure eight shape; a bicycle wheel bent out of shape

noun

as Acht
  1. 1

    feminineattention; regard; heed

noun

as Acht
  1. 1

    feminineoutlawry; banishment (declaration that someone is no longer protected by law)

  2. 2

    femininesworn enmity; declaration of vendetta

noun

as Acht
  1. 1

    feminineobsoleteland belonging to a mansion or monastery

verb

as ächt
  1. 1

    singular imperative of ächten

  2. 2

    informalfirst-person singular present of ächten

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

number: 1. die Kardinalzahl zwischen sieben und neun 2. „acht Uhr“ oder „zwanzig Uhr“ 3. „acht Jahre alt“ 4. mit mit einer Gruppe aus acht Individuen etwas machen

noun: 1. die natürliche Zahl zwischen der Sieben und der Neun; die Ziffer 8 2. etwas, das der Form der Ziffer 8 ähnelt; Verformung (eines Rades) 3. verschließbare, aus einem Metallring bestehende, aufklappbare Fesseln um die Handgelenke 4. Spielkarte mit dem Wert 8

noun: 1. (durch Rechtsspruch als weltliche Strafe gegenüber einer Person erteilte) Verwehrung des Rechtsschutzes (wodurch diese vogelfrei wird) 2. Ausschluss aus einer Gemeinschaft; Verurteilung (als gemeinschaftsfeindlich)

noun: 1. Aufmerksamkeit, Beachtung; Fürsorge

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of acht

  • Achten plural
  • achte variant archaic
  • 8 symbol
  • Ⅷ symbol
  • ⅷ symbol
  • die acht Dinge nominative definite
  • acht Dinge nominative indefinite
  • der acht Dinge genitive definite
  • achter Dinge genitive indefinite
  • den acht Dingen dative definite
  • acht Dingen dative indefinite
  • meine acht Dinge nominative possessive pronoun
  • acht meiner Dinge nominative possessive pronoun
  • meiner acht Dinge genitive possessive pronoun
  • achter meiner Dinge genitive possessive pronoun
  • meinen acht Dingen dative possessive pronoun
  • achten meiner Dinge dative possessive pronoun

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to acht

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is acht in German?

acht appears 95 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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