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sechs
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🇬🇧 English: six
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Definition

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number

sechs

Definition

🇬🇧 English

The number 6. It comes after five and before seven.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Ordinal: sixth. Common collocations: six-pack, at sixes and sevens (confused/disorganised), sixth sense. Note: the plural ordinal is 'sixths' — for example, 'five-sixths of the class passed'.

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

'At sixes and sevens' is an English idiom meaning in a state of confusion or disarray. A 'six-pack' refers both to six cans of drink sold together and to well-defined abdominal muscles. 'Six degrees of separation' is the idea that everyone in the world is connected through six people.

Beispielsätze

Ich habe sechs Flaschen Saft.

"Ich habe sechs Flaschen Saft."

🇬🇧 "I have six bottles of juice."

Sechs Leute sind heute bei der Arbeit.

"Sechs Leute sind heute bei der Arbeit."

🇬🇧 "Six people are at work today."

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