sjette

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sétti, from Proto-Germanic *sehtô (sixth).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

sjette

  1. sixth

Inflection

Inflection of sjette
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular sjette 2
Indefinite neuter singular sjette 2
Plural sjette 2
Definite attributive1 sjette
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål ordinal numbers
 <  5. 6. 7.  > 
    Cardinal : seks
    Ordinal : sjette

Etymology

From Old Norse sétti.


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Adjective

sjette

  1. sixth

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk ordinal numbers
 <  5. 6. 7.  > 
    Cardinal : seks
    Ordinal : sjette

Etymology

From Old Norse sétti.

Adjective

sjette

  1. sixth

Derived terms

References

West Flemish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sayette, from Old French saie.

Noun

sjette f

  1. knitting wool