No. 893 in Danish
femte
"Femte" means "fifth" in English.
In a sentence
Det er den femte bog, jeg læser i år.
This is the fifth book I am reading this year.
Here, 'femte' is used as an ordinal number indicating the sequence position of the book among others read by the subject this year.
Hun bor på femte etage i bygningen.
She lives on the fifth floor of the building.
In this sentence, 'femte' specifies the ordinal position of the floor in the building.
De fejrede deres femte bryllupsdag med en stor fest.
They celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary with a big party.
Here, 'femte' refers to the ordinal sequence of the wedding anniversary in chronological order.
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