"achten" meaning in Dutch

See achten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈɑxtə(n)/ Audio: Nl-achten.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑxtən Etymology: From Middle Dutch achten, from Old Dutch ahton, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtōn. By surface analysis, acht (“attention, heed, consideration”) + -en. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|achten}} Middle Dutch achten, {{inh|nl|odt|ahton}} Old Dutch ahton, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*ahtōn}} Proto-West Germanic *ahtōn, {{surf|nl|acht|-en|id2=denominative|t1=attention, heed, consideration}} By surface analysis, acht (“attention, heed, consideration”) + -en Head templates: {{nl-verb}} achten Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|acht}} Forms: weak [table-tags], achten [infinitive], achten [gerund, neuter], acht [first-person, present, singular], achtte [first-person, past, singular], acht [present, second-person, singular], achtte [past, second-person, singular], acht [formal, present, second-person, singular], achtte [formal, past, second-person, singular], acht [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], acht [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], achtte [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], achtte [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], acht [present, singular, third-person], achtte [past, singular, third-person], achten [plural, present], achtten [past, plural], achte [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], achtte [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], achten [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], achtten [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], acht [imperative, present, singular], acht [archaic, imperative, plural, present], achtend [participle, present], geacht [participle, past]
  1. (transitive) to regard, consider Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-achten-nl-verb-b~sxZ05S Categories (other): Dutch terms suffixed with -en (denominative) Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -en (denominative): 49 51
  2. (transitive) to estimate, to reckon Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-achten-nl-verb-VNn7zInI Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch terms suffixed with -en (denominative) Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -en (denominative): 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hoogachtend, minachten, misachten, ongeacht, verachten Related terms: achting

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hoogachtend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "minachten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "misachten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ongeacht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "verachten"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "ag"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "aktu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "aster"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "achten"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch achten",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "ahton"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch ahton",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*ahtōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ahtōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "acht",
        "3": "-en",
        "id2": "denominative",
        "t1": "attention, heed, consideration"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, acht (“attention, heed, consideration”) + -en",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch achten, from Old Dutch ahton, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtōn. By surface analysis, acht (“attention, heed, consideration”) + -en.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "achten",
      "name": "nl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ach",
        "ten"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acht"
      },
      "name": "nl-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "achting"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch terms suffixed with -en (denominative)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I regard him very highly.",
          "text": "Ik acht hem heel hoog.",
          "translation": "I regard him very highly.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He did not even consider us worthy of a glance.",
          "text": "Hij achtte ons nog geen blik waardig.",
          "translation": "He did not even consider us worthy of a glance.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to regard, consider"
      ],
      "id": "en-achten-nl-verb-b~sxZ05S",
      "links": [
        [
          "regard",
          "regard"
        ],
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to regard, consider"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch terms suffixed with -en (denominative)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How probable do you reckon that to be?",
          "text": "Hoe waarschijnlijk acht jij dat?",
          "translation": "How probable do you reckon that to be?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to estimate, to reckon"
      ],
      "id": "en-achten-nl-verb-VNn7zInI",
      "links": [
        [
          "estimate",
          "estimate"
        ],
        [
          "reckon",
          "reckon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to estimate, to reckon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑxtə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-achten.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/Nl-achten.ogg/Nl-achten.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Nl-achten.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑxtən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "achten"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch basic verbs",
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms suffixed with -en (denominative)",
    "Dutch verbs",
    "Dutch weak verbs",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑxtən",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑxtən/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hoogachtend"
    },
    {
      "word": "minachten"
    },
    {
      "word": "misachten"
    },
    {
      "word": "ongeacht"
    },
    {
      "word": "verachten"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "ag"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "aktu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "aster"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "achten"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch achten",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "ahton"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch ahton",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*ahtōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ahtōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "acht",
        "3": "-en",
        "id2": "denominative",
        "t1": "attention, heed, consideration"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, acht (“attention, heed, consideration”) + -en",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch achten, from Old Dutch ahton, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtōn. By surface analysis, acht (“attention, heed, consideration”) + -en.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achtend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geacht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "achten",
      "name": "nl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ach",
        "ten"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acht"
      },
      "name": "nl-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "achting"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples",
        "Dutch transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I regard him very highly.",
          "text": "Ik acht hem heel hoog.",
          "translation": "I regard him very highly.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He did not even consider us worthy of a glance.",
          "text": "Hij achtte ons nog geen blik waardig.",
          "translation": "He did not even consider us worthy of a glance.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to regard, consider"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regard",
          "regard"
        ],
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to regard, consider"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples",
        "Dutch transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How probable do you reckon that to be?",
          "text": "Hoe waarschijnlijk acht jij dat?",
          "translation": "How probable do you reckon that to be?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to estimate, to reckon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "estimate",
          "estimate"
        ],
        [
          "reckon",
          "reckon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to estimate, to reckon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑxtə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-achten.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/Nl-achten.ogg/Nl-achten.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Nl-achten.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑxtən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "achten"
}

Download raw JSONL data for achten meaning in Dutch (5.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.