eerste

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See also: èerste

Afrikaans

Afrikaans numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal: een
    Ordinal: eerste
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1ste

Pronunciation

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Adjective

eerste (attributive eerste, not comparable)

  1. first

Synonyms

Dutch

Dutch numbers (edit)
10
1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: één
    Ordinal: eerste

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch eerste, from Old Dutch *ēristo, from Proto-West Germanic *airist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːr.stə/
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  • Hyphenation: eer‧ste

Adjective

eerste (not comparable)

  1. first

Inflection

Inflection of eerste
uninflected eerste
inflected eerste
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial eerste
indefinite m./f. sing. eerste
n. sing. eerste
plural eerste
definite eerste
partitive

Related terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: eerste
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: esti
  • Javindo: eerste
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