Vocabulary
sieben
/ˈziːbn̩/· number
seven
Counting, phone numbers, ages. In 17 and 70 the -en drops: siebzehn, siebzig. When Germans write a 7 by hand, they cross it, so it doesn't look like a 1.
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Forms
- in Ziffern
- 7
- Ordinalzahl
- der siebte
- in 17 und 70
- siebzehn, siebzig
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sieben
seven
Fünf, sechs, sieben!
Five, six, seven!
Common combinations
- sieben Tageseven days (a week)
- um siebenat seven (o'clock)
Common learner mistakes
- siebenzehn, siebenzigsiebzehn, siebzig17 and 70 drop the -en of sieben: siebzehn, siebzig.
Real examples
- Fünf und zwei ist sieben.Five and two is seven.
- Ist das eine Eins oder eine Sieben?Is that a one or a seven?
- Laura ist siebenundzwanzig Jahre alt.Laura is twenty-seven years old.