siebzehnt
Translation
seventeenth
Examples
Heute ist der siebzehnte Mai.
Today is the seventeenth of May.
Sie wohnt im siebzehnten Stock.
She lives on the seventeenth floor.
Grammar Patterns
((as an adjective before a noun)) the seventeenth... This is the seventeenth chapter.
Similar Words
Cardinal number: siebzehn (17)
Etymology
From the cardinal number 'siebzehn' (seventeen) plus the suffix '-t', which forms ordinal numbers from 2 to 19.
Memory Tips
To form ordinal numbers from 2 to 19, you add '-t' to the cardinal number. Remember that it declines like an adjective.