anderhalf

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Dutch

Etymology

From ander +‎ half. Ander, while usually meaning other, also has an archaic meaning as “second”. Half means more specifically “half before”. Therefore, anderhalf means literally “half before the second”, but this meaning is no longer generally understood in this way. Compare German anderthalb, Yiddish אָנדערטהאַלבן (onderthalbn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑn.dərˈɦɑlf/, /ˈɑn.dərˌɦɑlf/
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  • Hyphenation: an‧der‧half

Numeral

anderhalf

  1. one and a half
    Hij had anderhalf uur nodig om het boek te lezen.
    He needed one and a half hours to read the book.
    Ze aten anderhalf pizza tijdens de lunch.
    They ate one and a half pizzas during lunch.
    Over anderhalf jaar gaat ze met pensioen.
    She will retire in one and a half years.

Declension

Declension of anderhalf
uninflected anderhalf
inflected anderhalve
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. anderhalve
n. sing. anderhalf
plural anderhalve
definite anderhalve
partitive

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: anderhalf