anderhalf
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/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: an‧der‧half
Numeral
anderhalf
- 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.
Inflection
| Inflection 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
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