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sieben

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from German sieben (“seven”). Doublet of seven.

    Noun

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    sieben

    1. (chess) Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the seventh rank in algebraic notation.

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    German

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    German numbers (edit)
    70
     ←  6 7 8  → 
        Cardinal: sieben
        Ordinal: siebte
        Sequence adverb: siebtens
        Ordinal abbreviation: 7.
        Adverbial: siebenmal
        Adverbial abbreviation: 7-mal
        Multiplier: siebenfach
        Multiplier abbreviation: 7-fach
        Fractional: Siebtel
        Polygon: Siebeneck
        Polygon abbreviation: 7-Eck
        Polygonal adjective: siebeneckig
        Polygonal adjective abbreviation: 7-eckig

    Etymology 1

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      From Middle High German siben, from Old High German sibun, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier Proto-Germanic *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

      Compare Dutch zeven, English seven.

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      Numeral

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      sieben

      1. (cardinal number) seven (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 7; or describing a set with seven elements)
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      Etymology 2

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        From Middle High German siben or sieben, likely from Old High German sib (“a sieve”). By surface analysis, Sieb +‎ -en.

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /ˈziːbən/, [ˈziːbn̩], [ˈziːbm̩] (standard)
        • IPA(key): /ˈsiːbɛn/, [ˈsiːbm̩], [ˈsiːm] (Austria)
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        Verb

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        sieben (weak, third-person singular present siebt, past tense siebte, past participle gesiebt, auxiliary haben)

        1. (transitive) to sift; to sieve
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