sieben

See also: Sieben

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈziːbm̩/, /ˈziːbən/
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German siben or sieben, likely from Old High German sib (a sieve).

Verb

sieben (third-person singular simple present siebt, past tense siebte, past participle gesiebt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to sift; to sieve
Conjugation
  • aussieben
  • Sieb
  • Siebbein
  • Siebdruck
  • Siebröhre
German cardinal numbers
 <  6 7 8  > 
    Cardinal : sieben
    Ordinal : siebte

Etymology 2

From Old High German sibun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. Compare Dutch zeven, English seven.

Numeral

sieben

  1. seven (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 7; or describing a set with seven elements)

Coordinate terms

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