achte
German, adjective
achte is spelled A-C-H-T-E (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,780th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achte is a German adjective meaning “eighth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present of achten. With an umlaut, ächte is a different word: “first-person singular present”.
What does achte mean in English?
adjective
- 1
eighth
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Synonym für den Monat August im kaufmännischen und Verwaltungsbereich
noun: 1. weibliche Person, die der Siebten folgt (und eventuell der Neunten vorausgeht)
number: 1. nach dem beziehungsweise der siebten kommend; dem neunten vorausgehend
number: 1. Kardinalzahl zwischen sieben und neun
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 achte
- achter masculine nominative singular
- achtes neuter nominative singular
- achten genitive masculine singular
- achtem dative masculine singular
- der achte definite includes-article masculine
- die achte definite feminine includes-article
- das achte definite includes-article neuter
- die achten definite includes-article nominative
- des achten definite genitive includes-article
- der achten definite feminine genitive
- dem achten dative definite includes-article
- den achten dative definite includes-article
- ein achter includes-article indefinite masculine
- [1] 8. 08. VIII. abbreviation
- Achten nominative plural
- Achter masculine
- die Achte nominative singular
- die Achten nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to achte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is achte in German?
achte appears 10 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).