German edit

German numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: fünf
    Ordinal: fünfte
    Sequence adverb: fünftens
    Ordinal abbreviation: 5.
    Adverbial: fünfmal
    Adverbial abbreviation: 5-mal
    Multiplier: fünffach
    Multiplier abbreviation: 5-fach
    Fractional: Fünftel
    Polygon: Fünfeck
    Polygon abbreviation: 5-Eck
    Polygonal adjective: fünfeckig
    Polygonal adjective abbreviation: 5-eckig

Etymology edit

From Old High German fimfto, from Proto-Germanic *fimftô. Cognates include English fifth, Dutch vijfde, Old Saxon fīfto.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fʏnftə/
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Adjective edit

fünfte (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular fünfter, not comparable)

  1. (ordinal number) fifth

Declension edit

Coordinate terms edit

Further reading edit

  • fünfte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • fünfte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • fünfte” in Duden online