siebte

Siebte is the feminine singular form of the ordinal number seven in the German language, used to denote the seventh item or position in a sequence when the noun it describes is feminine. It originates from the cardinal sieben (seven) with the ordinal suffix -te, and German ordinals agree in gender and case with the noun they modify.

In German grammar, ordinals decline like attributive adjectives. The form siebte appears in contexts where the qualifying noun is feminine in the nominative or accusative case, for example die siebte Stunde (the seventh hour) or die siebte Klasse (the seventh grade). In the dative and genitive cases, the feminine form typically takes the ending -en, as in der siebten Stunde or der siebten Klasse. Masculine and neuter forms are siebter and siebtes, respectively, with their own case endings (e.g., der siebte Tag, das siebte Jahr).

Common usages include calendar references, education (seventh grade/class), time, and sequence in literature or music (for instance, Die siebte Symphonie). The word rarely stands alone as a noun; rather, it functions as an inflected adjective that accompanies a feminine noun.

Related terms include other German ordinals such as erste, zweite, dritte, and so on, all formed from the corresponding cardinal numbers with appropriate endings. Siebte thus serves as a standard example of how German ordinal numbers inflect to match gender and case in noun phrases.