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sechste

German, adjective/ˈzɛkstə/

sechste is spelled S-E-C-H-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written German, the 10,247th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sechste is a German adjective meaning “sixth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does sechste mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    sixth

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

number: 1. nach dem beziehungsweise der fünften kommend; dem siebten vorausgehend

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of sechste

  • sechster masculine nominative singular
  • sechstes neuter nominative singular
  • sechsten genitive masculine singular
  • sechstem dative masculine singular
  • der sechste definite includes-article masculine
  • die sechste definite feminine includes-article
  • das sechste definite includes-article neuter
  • die sechsten definite includes-article nominative
  • des sechsten definite genitive includes-article
  • der sechsten definite feminine genitive
  • dem sechsten dative definite includes-article
  • den sechsten dative definite includes-article
  • ein sechster includes-article indefinite masculine
  • 6. abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sechste?

  • /ˈzɛkstə/
  • [ˈzɛkstə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to sechste

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sechste in German?

sechste appears 6.3 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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