veertig
Afrikaans edit
| 400 | ||||
| ← 30 | ← 39 | 40 | 41 → | 50 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||||
| Cardinal: veertig Ordinal: veertigste Ordinal abbreviation: 40ste | ||||
Etymology edit
From Dutch veertig, from Middle Dutch viertich, vēertich, from Old Dutch *viertig, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
veertig
Dutch edit
| 400 | ||||
| ← 30 | ← 39 | 40 | 41 → | 50 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||||
| Cardinal: veertig Ordinal: veertigste | ||||
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch viertich, vēertich, from Old Dutch *viertig, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
veertig
Usage notes edit
Although spelt with v-, the word is traditionally pronounced with initial /f/ even in accents that generally do not devoice v-. (This is due to analogy with zeventig ["seventy"], which used to have a prefix t- and hence a devoiced z-.) However, there are also many speakers who pronounce /v/ in line with the spelling. The WNT (1954) notes that the voiced pronunciation isn't very common, while Auer and Hinskens state that this realisation is becoming increasingly common in Standard Dutch due to hypercorrection.[1]
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Auer, P. & Hinskens, F., "The convergence and divergence of dialects in Europe. New and not so new developments in an old area", in Sociolinguistica, 1996, vol. 10, pages 9 and 10.
Further reading edit
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “veertig”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001