sexte
[ˈzɛkstə]
The verdict
“sexte” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sexen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sexte · sexte · German
sexte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | sexte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈzɛkstə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sexte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sexte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzɛkstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
sexte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is sexte, spelled S-E-X-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sexen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sexen
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sexen
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sexen
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.