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seventh
Indicates the position in seventh place in an order. It is the uninflected, predicatively used form of the ordinal adjective 'siebte' (seventh).
Obwohl er gut trainiert hatte, wurde er im Finale nur siebt.
Although he had trained well, he only came seventh in the final.
The word 'siebt' (seventh) belongs to the word family of the number 'sieben' (seven). It is the ordinal number that indicates a position in a sequence.
Er kam als siebter Läufer ins Ziel.
He crossed the finish line as the seventh runner.
The form 'siebt' (seventh) is used only predicatively, that is, after verbs like 'sein' (to be) or 'werden' (to become). In this position, the word is not declined and does not take an ending.
In der Qualifikation war sie noch siebt, im Finale dann aber Erste.
In the qualification round she was still seventh, but in the final she came first.
This form is used almost exclusively to indicate a rank or placement in a competition or list.
Beim Eurovision Song Contest wurde Deutschland nur siebt.
At the Eurovision Song Contest, Germany only came seventh.
seven
'sieben' and 'siebt' look similar and both belong to the number 7. But they do not mean the same thing. 'Sieben' is the normal number and answers the question 'How many?'. 'Siebt' belongs to the ordinal number and describes a position in a sequence, meaning 'in seventh place'. Learners may confuse the words because only one letter is different. Remember: 'sieben' counts the quantity, while 'siebt' places something in an order.
In der Liste ist mein Name siebt.
My name is seventh on the list.
Für das Projekt haben wir sieben Plakate vorbereitet.
We prepared seven posters for the project.