sixth

sixth
1. adjective
sechst...; see also academic.ru/23567/eighth">eighth 1.
2. noun
(in sequence) sechste, der/die/das; (in rank) Sechste, der/die/das; (fraction) Sechstel, das; see also eighth 2.
* * *
noun
1) (one of six equal parts.) das Sechstel
2) ((also adjective) (the) last of six (people, things etc); (the) next after the fifth.) der/die/das Sechste, sechst
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sixth
[sɪksθ, AM -stθ]
I. adj
1. (in sequence) sechste(r, s)
you're the \sixth person to put your name down du bist der Sechste, der sich einträgt
\sixth form BRIT die letzten zwei Schuljahre für Schüler zwischen 16 und 18, die sich auf die A oder AS Levels vorbereiten
\sixth grade AM sechste Klasse, die Sechste; see also eighth I. 1
2. (in a race)
to be/come [or finish] \sixth [in a race] [bei einem Rennen] Sechster sein/werden; see also eighth I. 2
II. n
1. (order)
the \sixth der/die/das Sechste; see also eighth II. 1
2. (date)
the \sixth spoken der Sechste
the 6th written der 6.; see also eighth II. 2
3. (in titles)
Edward the S\sixth spoken Edward der Sechste
Edward VI written Edward VI.
4. (fraction) Sechstel nt o SCHWEIZ a. m
5. MUS (interval) Sexte f; (chord) Sextakkord m
III. adv inv sechstens
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[sɪksɵ]
1. adj
sechste(r, s)

a sixth part — ein Sechstel nt

he was or came sixth — er wurde Sechster

he was sixth from the end/left — er war der Sechste von hinten/von links

2. n
1) (= fraction) Sechstel nt; (in series) Sechste(r, s)

Charles the Sixth — Karl der Sechste

2)

(= date) the sixth — der Sechste

on the sixth — am Sechsten

the sixth of September, September the sixth — der sechste September

3) (MUS: interval) Sexte f; (= chord) Sextakkord m
4)
See:
= sixth form
3. adv
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sixth [sıksθ]
A adj
1. sechst(er, e, es):
in the sixth place sechstens, an sechster Stelle;
sixth sense fig sechster Sinn
2. sechstel
B s
1. (der, die, das) Sechste:
the sixth of May der 6. Mai;
it’s the sixth today heute ist der Sechste
2. Sechstel n
3. MUS Sext f:
sixth chord Sextakkord m
* * *
1. adjective
sechst...; see also eighth 1.
2. noun
(in sequence) sechste, der/die/das; (in rank) Sechste, der/die/das; (fraction) Sechstel, das; see also eighth 2.
* * *
adj.
sechst adj.
sechster adj. n.
der Sechste m.

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