Sjunde

Sjunde is the Swedish ordinal numeral meaning seventh. It is used to indicate position in a sequence or ranking and functions like the English "seventh." It commonly precedes a noun when naming a specific seventh item, as in den sjunde dagen (the seventh day) or sjunde våningen (the seventh floor). It can also appear predicatively in phrases such as han kom på sjunde plats (he finished in seventh place).

In grammar, sjunde behaves as a typical ordinal adjective in Swedish. It appears before the noun and agrees with the surrounding determiner and noun in common constructions. In definite phrases you commonly hear den sjunde dagen or det sjunde måttet, while in predicative or set expressions it can stand alone before a noun as sjunde plats (seventh place) or in similar phrases where the noun is understood from context. The form sjunde is shared across gender and number in many standard uses, and is one of the core ordinal forms used after första, andra, tredje, and so on.

Etymologically, sjunde derives from the Swedish word for seven, with the usual ordinal suffixing that produces the seventh in a sequence. The form is cognate with similar words in other Scandinavian languages, such as Norwegian syvende and Danish syvende. In Swedish, sjunde is routinely used in calendars, schedules, sports standings, and any context requiring ordinal numbering, and it appears widely in both formal and everyday language. Common related expressions include the seventh day, the seventh month, and idiomatic uses such as the seventh heaven in translated or literary contexts.