See also: Sechs

Bavarian edit

Bavarian numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c], [d] ←  5 6 7  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: sechs, sechse

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /seɡ̊s/
    • (file)

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sechs

  1. six

Central Franconian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German sehs, ses, from Old High German sehs, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. The now marginal variant sähs is the native form, since Old High German -hs- regularly develops into [s] (see Lahs, Ohs, wahße). Compare also fönnef (five) and sibbe (seven), which are non-native forms, too.

Pronunciation edit

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sechs

  1. (most dialects) six

German edit

German numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: sechs
    Ordinal: sechste
    Sequence adverb: sechstens
    Ordinal abbreviation: 6.
    Adverbial: sechsmal
    Adverbial abbreviation: 6-mal
    Multiplier: sechsfach
    Multiplier abbreviation: 6-fach
    Fractional: Sechstel
    Polygon: Sechseck
    Polygon abbreviation: 6-Eck
    Polygonal adjective: sechseckig
    Polygonal adjective abbreviation: 6-eckig

Etymology edit

From Middle High German sehs, segs, ses, from Old High German sehs, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zɛks/ (prescriptive standard)
  • IPA(key): /sɛks/, [-ɡ̥s] (Austria)
  • Rhymes: -ɛks
  • (file)
  • Homophone: Sex (Austria; elsewhere according to a now rare pronunciation)

Numeral edit

sechs

  1. (cardinal number) six (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 6; or describing a set with six elements)

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Hunsrik edit

Hunsrik numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: sechs
    Ordinal: sechst

Etymology edit

Inherited from Central Franconian sechs, from Middle High German sehs, from Old High German sehs, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs.[1]

Cognate with German sechs and Luxembourgish sechs.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

sechs

  1. six
    Sie hon sechs Kinner.
    They have six children.
    Jetz is-es sechs Uher.
    Now it's six o'clock.

References edit

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “sechs”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 149

Luxembourgish edit

Luxembourgish cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : sechs
    Ordinal : sechst

Etymology edit

From Middle High German sehs, from Old High German sehs, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

sechs

  1. six

Pennsylvania German edit

Pennsylvania German cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : sechs
    Ordinal : sechst

Etymology edit

From Middle High German and Old High German sehs.

Numeral edit

sechs

  1. six