English–German
“sixth” in German
German
Pronunciation
IPA/zɛkst/
Example
Nach dem Spiel lag unser Team auf dem sechsten Platz.
After the game, our team was in sixth place.
How to say “sixth” in German
“Sixth” in German is sechst.
A place marked six in an ordered line, with the form sechst- joined to a following word.
Example sentences with sechst
Er belegte den sechsten Platz im Wettbewerb.
He took sixth place in the competition.
Tips for using sechst
- Before a noun, sechst- takes an inflectional ending such as sechste, while the substantivized form is capitalized as der Sechste.