# achten
## Cimbrian
### Numeral

achten
* dative of achte
    Bar zèinan in achten.There are eight of us.(literally, “We are in eight.”)

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch achten. Equivalent to acht +‎ -en.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑxtə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ach‧ten
* Rhymes: -ɑxtən

### Verb

achten
* (transitive) to esteem, to respect, to value
* (transitive) to estimate, to consider, to reckon

#### Derived terms

* hoogachtend
* minachten
* misachten
* verachten

#### Related terms

* achting

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: ag
* → Papiamentu: aktu, aster

### Anagrams

* chante

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaxtən/, [ˈʔaxtn̩], [ˈʔaxtən]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Middle High German ahten, from Old High German ahtōn, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtōn, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtu. Equivalent to Acht (“attention”) +‎ -en.

#### Verb

achten (weak, third-person singular present achtet, past tense achtete, past participle geachtet, auxiliary haben)
* (intransitive) to care about, to pay attention to [with auf (+ accusative)]
* (intransitive) to keep an eye on [with auf (+ accusative)]
    Ich achte auf meine Linie.I'm trying to watch my weight.
* (transitive) to respect
* (transitive) to pay attention to something

##### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

##### Derived terms

* Achten
* achtsam
* Achtung
* beachten
* beobachten
* erachten
* gutachten
* missachten
* Obacht
* verachten

#### See also

* anerkennen
* respektieren

### Etymology 2

achte +‎ -en

#### Numeral

achten
* inflection of achte:
** strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
** weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
** strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
** strong dative plural
** weak/mixed all-case plural

### Further reading

* “achten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “achten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “achten” in Duden online
* “achten” in OpenThesaurus.de
* Friedrich Kluge (1883) “achten”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

## Low German
### Etymology

From Middle Low German achten.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaxtn̩/, /ˈaxtən/

### Verb

achten (third-person singular simple present acht, past tense acht, past participle acht, auxiliary verb hebben)
* (intransitive, with op) to care about, pay attention to
* (transitive) to keep an eye on
* (intransitive, with op) to respect

#### Derived terms

* beachten
* gootachten
* achtbor

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *ahton, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtōn. Equivalent to achte +‎ -en.

### Verb

achten
* to consider, to think
* to pay attention to
* to expect
* to discuss
* to esteem, to value

#### Derived terms

* achtbāer
* achtinge
* geachten
* misachten
* vōreachten

#### Descendants

* Dutch: achten
* Limburgish: achte

### Further reading

* “achten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “achten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle Low German
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Saxon ahton.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /axtən/

### Verb

achten
* to proscribe
* to take care about
* to respect
* to mind something
* to look after

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

## Plautdietsch
### Verb

achten
* to mind, respect, esteem

## West Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaxtən/

### Noun

achten
* plural of acht