sechzehnte
[ˈzɛçˌt͡seːntə]
The verdict
“sechzehnte” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach dem/der fünfzehnten kommend; dem/der siebzehnten vorausgehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-sechzehnte · sechzehnte · German
sechzehnte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sechzehnte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [ˈzɛçˌt͡seːntə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sechzehnte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sechzehnte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed [ˈzɛçˌt͡seːntə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nach dem/der fünfzehnten kommend; dem/der siebzehnten vorausgehend".
sechzehnte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is sechzehnte, spelled S-E-C-H-Z-E-H-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1nach dem/der fünfzehnten kommend; dem/der siebzehnten vorausgehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sechzehnte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sowilō … ist die sechzehnte Rune des älteren Futhark (die achte Rune im zweiten Ætt) und die zwölfte Rune des altnordischen Runenalphabets mit dem Lautwert s.“
„Diese Hieronymusschule galt am Anfang des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts als die beste aller Brüderschulen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.