seksten

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Danish

Danish cardinal numbers
 <  15 16 17  > 
    Cardinal : seksten
    Ordinal : sekstende

Etymology

From Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Pronunciation

Numeral

seksten

  1. sixteen

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål cardinal numbers
 <  15 16 17  > 
    Cardinal : seksten
    Ordinal : sekstende

Etymology 1

Inherited from Danish seksten, from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Pronunciation

Numeral

seksten

  1. sixteen
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

seksten m

  1. definite singular of sekst

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk cardinal numbers
 <  15 16 17  > 
    Cardinal : seksten
    Ordinal : sekstande

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sækstn̩/, /sɛkstn̩/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål seksten (not the pronunciation), from Danish seksten, replacing Ivar Aasen‘s sekstan.

Numeral

seksten

  1. sixteen

Etymology 2

Noun

seksten m

  1. definite singular of sekst

References

Turkish

Noun

seksten

  1. definite singular ablative of seks