German word

sechst

Pronunciation

IPA/zɛkst/

Meaning

  • ordinal numbersixth

Example

Nach dem Spiel lag unser Team auf dem sechsten Platz.

After the game, our team was in sixth place.

Illustration for sechst (sixth)

More examples

Er belegte den sechsten Platz im Wettbewerb.

He took sixth place in the competition.

Core concept

A place marked six in an ordered line, with the form sechst- joined to a following word.

Common phrases

  • den sechsten Platz

    sixth place

  • an sechster Stelle

    in sixth place

Similar words

sechste: Marks a following feminine noun as sixth in an ordered sequence.
sechster: Marks a following masculine noun as sixth in an ordered sequence.
sechstes: Marks a following neuter noun as sixth in an ordered sequence.

Definition in German

Drückt aus, dass etwas an sechster Stelle steht, und wird häufig als gebundener Wortstamm vor anderen Nomen verwendet.

Word origin

The ordinal stem sechst- comes from sechs with the German ordinal ending -t.

Usage tips

  • Before a noun, sechst- takes an inflectional ending such as sechste, while the substantivized form is capitalized as der Sechste.

Related words

  • Sechstersixth-place finishernoun

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