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sechzehnte

German, adjective/ˈzɛçtseːntə/

sechzehnte is spelled S-E-C-H-Z-E-H-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sechzehnte is a German adjective meaning “sixteenth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does sechzehnte mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    sixteenth

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

How German dictionaries define it

number: 1. nach dem/der fünfzehnten kommend; dem/der siebzehnten 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 sechzehnte

  • sechzehnter masculine nominative singular
  • sechzehntes neuter nominative singular
  • sechzehnten genitive masculine singular
  • sechzehntem dative masculine singular
  • der sechzehnte definite includes-article masculine
  • die sechzehnte definite feminine includes-article
  • das sechzehnte definite includes-article neuter
  • die sechzehnten definite includes-article nominative
  • des sechzehnten definite genitive includes-article
  • der sechzehnten definite feminine genitive
  • dem sechzehnten dative definite includes-article
  • den sechzehnten dative definite includes-article
  • ein sechzehnter includes-article indefinite masculine
  • 16. abbreviation

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

How do you pronounce sechzehnte?

  • /ˈzɛçtseːntə/
  • [ˈzɛçˌt͡seːntə]

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

English words that translate to sechzehnte

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

How common is sechzehnte in German?

sechzehnte appears about once in every 7 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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