Meaning

1 senses

  1. The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

    sechzehnte

    шестна́дцатыйšestnádcatyj

    шістна́дцятийšistnádcjatyj

More definitions
  • coming next after the fifteenth in position

Examples

21 sentences

  1. The story goes back to the sixteenth century.

    Ця історія йде корінням у шістнадцяте століття. — aandrusiak

    ruИстория уходит корнями в шестнадцатый век. — odexed

    deDie Geschichte geht auf das sechzehnte Jahrhundert zurück. — Tamy

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  2. Today is my sixteenth birthday.

    Сьогоді мій шістнадцятий день народження. — deniko

    ruСегодня мой шестнадцатый день рождения. — odexed

    deHeute ist mein sechzehnter Geburtstag. — Vortarulo

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  3. Today is the sixteenth of February.

    ruСегодня шестнадцатое февраля. — marafon

    deHeute ist der sechzehnte Februar. — glossboss

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  4. The vote took place on May sixteenth.

    ruГолосование проходило шестнадцатого мая. — Selena777

    deDie Wahl fand am sechzehnten Mai statt. — Vortarulo

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  5. Today is Monday, the sixteenth of October.

    ruСегодня понедельник, шестнадцатое октября. — marafon

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the ordinal form of the number sixteen — see also 16th:
Русский
By meaning 1
the ordinal form of the number sixteen — see also 16th:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the ordinal form of the number sixteen — see also 16th:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English sixtenthe, sixtethe, from Old English sixtēoþa, equivalent t

Inherited from Middle English sixtenthe, sixtethe, from Old English sixtēoþa, equivalent to sixteen + -th.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • coming next after the fifteenth in position:16th

Word family

3 related words
Derivedsixteenthlysixteenth notesixteenth rest

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
situationA2sixA1sixteenA1sixthsixtieth

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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