sechswöchigen

Sechswöchigen is the inflected form of the German adjective sechswöchig, meaning “lasting six weeks” or “six weeks long.” It functions as an attributive descriptor before a noun and is used to express duration or cadence in contexts such as education, health, and research. As an attributive adjective, sechswöchig changes its ending according to the case, gender, and number of the noun it modifies.

Examples

- ein sechswöchiger Kurs

- eine sechswöchige Prüfung

- das sechswöchige Programm

- in sechswöchigen Abständen

Notes on usage

Sechswöchigen commonly appears in the dative and genitive cases, reflecting the noun’s role in the sentence:

- mit dem sechswöchigen Kurs

- in sechswöchigen Abständen

The form also appears in other cases with appropriate endings, for example: der sechswö­chige Zeitraum (nominative masculine singular) or die sechswöchige Reise (nominative feminine singular).

Etymology and form

The word is built from sechs (six) plus Woche (week) with the adjectival suffix -ig. The base adjective is sechswöchig; sechswöchigen is one of its declined forms. It is not a noun and is written without a hyphen as a single adjective, though hyphenation can occur in compounds or larger phrases for readability.

Common contexts

Sechswöchig is widely used to describe durations and schedules, such as education programs, medical observation periods, or research timelines, where a six-week period is a defining characteristic.