seksten

Danish

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Cardinal: seksten     Ordinal: sekstende
Danish Wikipedia article on 16

Alternative forms

• sexten (pre-1889 spelling)
• sejsten (1889–1892 spelling)

Etymology

From Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sajstən/, [ˈsɑjsd̥n̩]

Numeral

seksten

1. sixteen

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : seksten     Ordinal : sekstende

Etymology 1

Inherited from Danish seksten, from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²sæɪst(ə)n]

Numeral

seksten

1. sixteen

Derived terms

• sekstentallsystem

Related terms

• sekstende

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [¹sɛkstən]

Noun

seksten m

1. definite singular of sekst

References

• “seksten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : seksten     Ordinal : sekstande

Alternative forms

• sekstan (High Norwegian)

Dialectal forms

• sekstå, sækstå, sækkstå, seisen, seisten, sekstån

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sækstn̩/, /sɛkstn̩/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål seksten (not the pronunciation), from Danish seksten, replacing Ivar Aasen‘s sekstan.

Numeral

seksten

1. sixteen

Related terms

• sekstande

Etymology 2

Noun

seksten m

1. definite singular of sekst

References

• “seksten” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Turkish

Noun

seksten

1. definite singular ablative of seks