elft

Dutch

Alosa alosa

Etymology

From Middle Dutch elft, possibly from an Old Dutch *alvit, from Proto-West Germanic *albut (“swan”). The semantic link to swans would be the fish's white color; the Germanic term ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”). This Indo-European word is generally accepted to be the most likely origin of this word, even if elft were found not to derive directly from Germanic *albits but to have entered the language through some other route.

Pronunciation

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Noun

elft m (plural elften, diminutive elftje n)

1. The allis shad, Alosa alosa

Further reading

• elft on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Pennsylvania German

Pennsylvania German ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : elf     Ordinal : elft

Etymology

Compare German elfte, Dutch elfde, English eleventh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛlft/

Adjective

elft

1. eleventh

Numeral

elft

1. eleventh