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sjätte
sixth/ˈɧɛˌtɛ/
Meaning
sixth
In Swedish: på plats nummer 6
Practise sjätte
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sjätte in a sentence
- Han går i sjätte klassHe's in sixth grade
Questions
What does sjätte mean in English?
sjätte means “sixth”.
Origin
From Old Swedish sætti, from Old Norse sétti, from Proto-Germanic *sehtô.
Nearby common words
sjätte is number 3,778 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary

