No. 732 in Norwegian
sjette
"Sixth."
In a sentence
Den sjette dagen i uken er lørdag.
The sixth day of the week is Saturday.
Here, 'sjette' is used as an ordinal number, indicating position in an ordered sequence.
Hun var den sjette personen i køen.
She was the sixth person in line.
In this example, 'sjette' signifies rank or order among people.
Dette er den sjette gangen vi har møtt hverandre.
This is the sixth time we have met each other.
Here, 'sjette' describes the iteration or occurrence count in a repetitive event.
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