Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #83
Word (Wort)

sechs

Translation (Übersetzung) six
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /zɛks/
A1
Numerals
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common numeral cardinal number
Cardinal number meaning 'six'. Used for counting and quantity. Eighty-third most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich habe sechs Bücher.
I have six books.
quantity
Wir sind zu sechst.
We are six together.
group
Sechs Mal sechs ist sechsunddreißig.
Six times six is thirty-six.
mathematics
In sechs Tagen komme ich.
In six days, I will come.
time

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
sechs Jahre
six years
High frequency
sechs Mal
six times
High frequency
zu sechst
six together
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
zu sechst
six together
Expressing that six people are together

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

fünf sieben sechst Zahl

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