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Old English · numeral

sixtiene

Normalised sixtīene

Part of speech
numeral
IPA
/ˈsiksˌti͜yː.ne/
Syllables
ˈsiks · ˌti͜yː · ne (3 syllables)
Modern English
sixteen

Meaning

  1. sixteen

Inflection

Inflection of sixtiene
Form
Nominative masculine sixtīene
Nominative feminine sixtīenesixtīenu
Accusative feminine sixtīenesixtīenu
Genitive sixtīena
Dative sixtīenum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Cognate with Old Frisian sextīne, Old Saxon sehstein, Old High German sehszehan, and Old Norse sextán.

Descendants

sixteen

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