seven

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Alternative forms

English cardinal numbers

<  6	7	8  >
Cardinal : seven     Ordinal : seventh     Multiplier : septuple

• Arabic numerals: 7 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
• Roman numerals: VII

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English seofon (“seven”), from Proto-Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”). Cognate with Scots sevin (“seven”), West Frisian sân (“seven”), Saterland Frisian soogen (“seven”), Dutch zeven (“seven”), German sieben (“seven”), Danish syv (“seven”), Icelandic sjö (“seven”), Latin septem (“seven”), Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”), Russian семь (sem'), Sanskrit सप्तन् (saptán).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛv.ən/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvən, -ɛvɪn

Numeral

seven

1. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 7; the number occurring after six and before eight.

Related terms

• seventh

Translations

cardinal number 7

• Afrikaans: sewe
• Ainu: アㇻワン (arwan)
• Albanian: shtatë
• Alutiiq: mallrungin
• American Sign Language:
• Amharic: ሰባት (am) (säbat) (numeral: ፯ (፯))
• Ancient Greek: ἑπτά (hepta)
• Arabic: سبعة (sábʕa) (numeral: ٧)

  Egyptian Arabic: سبعة (sabaʕa)

• Aragonese: siet, siete, set
• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: שבעא m (šabʕā’), שבע f (šbaʕ)

  Syriac: ܫܒܥܐ m (šabʕā’), ܫܒܥ f (šbaʕ)

• Armenian: յոթ (hy) (yotʿ)

  Old Armenian: եօթն (eōtʿn)

• Aromanian: shapte
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: siete (ast)
• Aymara: paqallqu
• Azeri: yeddi (az)
• Balinese: pitu
• Bashkir: ете (yete)
• Basque: zazpi (eu)
• Belarusian: сем (sjem)
• Bengali: সাত (sāt) (numeral: ৭)
• Breton: seizh (br)
• Bulgarian: седем (bg) (sédem)
• Burmese: ခုနစ် (my) (hkunnit) (numeral: ၇)
• Catalan: set (ca)
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⴰ (sa)
• Chamicuro: kanchis
• Chechen: ворхI (worχI)
• Cherokee: ᎦᎵᏉᎩ (galiquogi)
• Chichewa: sanu n'ziwiri
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 七 (zh) (qī) (numeral: 柒 (zh))

  Cantonese: 七 (chat1)

  Hakka: 七 (chiǐ)

  Teochew: cig4

  Eastern Hokkien (Min Dong): 七 (chek)

  Wu: 七 (chi)

  Xiang: 七 (tshiu)

• Chuvash: çиччӗ (çiččĕ), çичӗ (çičĕ), çич (çič)
• Coptic: ϣⲁϣϥ (šašf)
• Cornish: seyth
• Corsican: setti (co)
• Crimean Tatar: yedi
• Czech: sedm (cs)
• Dalmatian: sapto
• Danish: syv (da)
• Dena'ina: qents'ughi'i
• Dutch: zeven (nl)
• Eastern Mari: шымыт (šymyt)
• Erzya: сисем (sisem)
• Esperanto: sep (eo)
• Estonian: seitse (et)
• Faroese: sjey (fo)
• Fijian: vitu (fj)
• Finnish: seitsemän (fi)
• French: sept (fr)
• Friulian: siet
• Galician: sete (gl)
• Garifuna: sedü
• Georgian: შვიდი (ka) (švidi)
• German: sieben (de)
• Gilbertese: itiua
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun)
• Greek: επτά (el) (eptá)
• Greenlandic: arfineq marluk
• Guaraní: pokõi
• Gujarati: સાત (gu) (sāt) (numeral: ૭ (gu))
• Haitian Creole: sèt
• Hausa: bakwài
• Hawaiian: hiku, ʻehiku
• Hebrew: שֶׁבַע (he) f (sheva) (used in counting), שִׁבְעָה (he) m (shiv'a)
• Hindi: सात (hi) (sāt) (numeral: ७ (hi))
• Hopi: tsangeʼ
• Hungarian: hét (hu)
• Icelandic: sjö (is)
• Ido: sep (io)
• Ilocano: pito
• Inari Sami: čiččâm
• Indonesian: tujuh (id)
• Interlingua: septe
• Irish: seacht (ga)
• Istro-Romanian: şåpte
• Italian: sette (it)
• Japanese: 七 (ja) (しち, shichi; なな, nana; ななつ, nanatsu), ７ (ja)
• Javanese: pitu (jv)
• Kannada: ಏಳು (kn) (ēḷu) (numeral: ೭ (kn) (7))
• Karachay-Balkar: джети (jeti)
• Karelian: seiemen
• Kashubian: sétmë
• Kazakh: жеті (kk) (jeti)
• Khmer: រាំពីរ (pram pī) (numeral: ៧)
• Komi-Zyrian: сізым (sïzym)
• Korean: 일곱 (ko) (ilgop), 칠 (ko) (chil)
• Kurdish: heft (ku), حه‌وت (ku)
• Kyrgyz: жети (ky) (ceti)
• Ladin: set
• Lakota: šakówiŋ
• Lao: ເຈັດ (chet) (numeral: ໗)
• Latgalian: septeni m, septenis f
• Latin: septem (la)
• Latvian: septiņi (lv) m, septiņas f
• Lithuanian: septyni (lt) m, septynios f

• Livonian: seis
• Lojban: ze
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: söben, söven, seben, seven

  German Low German: sëwe, sëwen, sæwen, sæben

• Luxembourgish: siwen (lb)
• Macedonian: седум (mk) (sédum)
• Madurese: pɛttɔʔ
• Malagasy: fito (mg)
• Malay:

  Rumi: tujuh (ms), pitu (ms), sapta

  Jawi: توجوه, ڤيتو, سڤتا

• Malayalam: ഏഴ് (ml) (ēḻ)
• Maltese: sebgħa
• Manchu: nadan
• Mansi: сат (sāt)
• Manx: shiaght
• Maori: whitu (mi)
• Marathi: सात (sāt)
• Maricopa: paxkieg
• Marshallese: jimjuon
• Middle English: seoven
• Minangkabau: tujuah
• Mirandese: siete
• Mon: ထပှ် (həpɔh)
• Mongolian: долоо (doloo), ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠨ (dolugan) (numeral: ᠗)
• Montagnais: (Sheshatshiu Innu) nishuasht, (Mushuau Innu) nishuautash
• Nahuatl: chicome (nah)
• Nama: hû
• Nauruan: aeiu
• Navajo: tsostsʼid
• Nepali: सात (ne) (sāt)
• North Frisian: (Föhr-Amrum) sööwen; (Helgoland) seeben
• Northern Sami: čieža
• Norwegian: sju (no), syv (no)
• Novial: set
• O'odham: vevkam
• Occitan: sèt (oc)
• Ojibwe: niizhwaaswi
• Old English: seofon
• Old High German: sibun
• Old Norse: sjau
• Oriya: ସାତ (sāt) (numeral: ୭)
• Pali: सत्त, satta
• Pashto: اوه (uwə)
• Persian: هَفت (fa) (haft) (numeral: ۷)
• Polish: siedem (pl)
• Portuguese: sete (pt)
• Punjabi: ਸੱਤ (pa) (satt) (numeral: ੭)
• Quechua: qanchis
• Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: șapte (ro)
• Romansch: set, siat, seat
• Russian: семь (ru) (sem’)
• Samoan: fitu (sm)
• Sanskrit: सप्तन् (saptán)
• Sardinian: sete, seti
• Saterland Frisian: soogen
• Scots: seiven
• Scottish Gaelic: seachd, (persons) seachdnar m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: седам

  Roman: sedam

• Shan: ၸဵတ်း (tset4)
• Sichuan Yi: ꏃ (shyp)
• Sicilian: setti, sietti
• Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
• Sindhi: سَتَ (sata)
• Sinhalese: හත (si) (hata)
• Skolt Sami: čiččâm
• Slovak: sedem
• Slovene: sédem
• Somali: toddoba
• Spanish: siete (es)
• Sranan Tongo: seybi
• Swahili: saba (sw)
• Swedish: sju (sv)
• Tagalog: pito (tl)
• Tajik: ҳафт (tg) (haft)
• Tamil: ஏழு (ta) (ēḻu) (numeral: ௭ (௭))
• Tashelhit: sa m, f
• Tatar: җиде (tt) (cide), cide
• Telugu: ఏడు (te) (ēḍu) (numeral: ౭ (te) (౭))
• Thai: เจ็ด (jèt) (numeral: ๗ (th))
• Tibetan: བདུན (bdun) (numeral: ༧ (a))
• Tocharian A: ṣpät
• Tocharian B: ṣukt
• Tok Pisin: sevenpela
• Tongan: fitu
• Turkish: yedi (tr)
• Tzutujil: wuku
• Ukrainian: сім (uk) (sim), семеро (sémero) (collective)
• Urdu: سات (sāt)
• Uyghur: يەتتە (ug) (yette)
• Uzbek: yetti (uz)
• Venetian: sete
• Veps: seicheme
• Vietnamese: bảy (vi)
• Volapük: vel (vo)
• Votic: сеицее / seitsee
• Võro: säidse
• Walloon: set (wa)
• Welsh: saith (cy)
• West Frisian: sân (fy)
• Xhosa: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: זיבן (zibn)
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can
• Zuni: kwilelekk'ya

See also

• Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Noun

seven (countable and uncountable, plural sevens)

1. The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.

   He wrote three sevens on the paper.

2. (countable, card games) A card bearing seven pips.

Translations

the figure seven

• Asturian: siete (ast) m
• Basque: zazpi (eu)
• Catalan: set (ca) m
• Danish: syvtal n
• Dutch: zeven (nl) f
• Finnish: seiska (fi), seitsemäinen, seitsikko
• Galician: sete (gl) m, f
• German: Sieben (de) f
• Hungarian: hetes
• Khmer: ប្រាំពីរ (km) (pram pi)
• Lithuanian: septynetas (lt) m
• Macedonian: седмица f (sédmica), седумка f (sédumka)
• Norwegian: sjutall n, syvtall n

• Polish: siódemka (pl) f
• Portuguese: sete (pt) m
• Romanian: șapte (ro)
• Russian: семёрка (ru) f (s'em'órka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сѐдмица f

  Roman: sèdmica f

• Slovak: sedmička f
• Spanish: siete (es)
• Swahili: saba (sw)
• Swedish: sjua (sv) c
• Tagalog: pito (tl)
• Walloon: set (wa)

a card bearing seven pips

• Catalan: set (ca) m
• Danish: syver c
• Dutch: zeven (nl) f
• Finnish: seiska (fi)
• Hungarian: hetes
• Macedonian: седмица f (sédmica)

• Polish: siódemka (pl) f
• Portuguese: sete (pt) m
• Russian: семёрка (ru) f (s'em'órka)
• Slovak: sedma f
• Swedish: sjua (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: Sieben f
• Portuguese: sete m (1,2)

• Romanian: șapte m (1); șeptar m (2)
• Ukrainian: сімка (símka) f

Derived terms

Derived terms

at sixes and sevens deuce-to-seven lowball Group of Seven rugby sevens seven card stud seven deadly sins Sevener/sevener sevenfold Seven Hills of Rome seven iron seven-league boots seven minutes in heaven sevenness sevennight

seven out sevens Seven Sages sevenscore seven seals seven seas seven second delay Seven Sisters Seven Sleepers Day sevensome seventh seven-up seven virtues Seven Wonders of the World seven-year itch twenty-four seven unseven

See also

• (playing cards) playing card; ace, deuce, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king, joker

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: political · reading · German · #776: seven · notice · week · stone

Anagrams

• eevns
• evens
• névés

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Breton

Adjective

seven

1. courteous

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Dutch Low Saxon

Numeral

seven

1. Alternative form of zeuven (seven)

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t added through influence of "nine" and "ten".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛːvən/

Numeral

sēven

1. seven

Descendants

• Dutch: zeven

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English seven.

Numeral

seven

1. seven

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also sevenpela.

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [seven]
• Hyphenation: sev‧en

Adjective

seven (comparative daha seven, superlative en seven)

1. loving, affectionate

Related terms

• sevgi
• sevilen
• sevmek

Noun

seven (definite accusative seveni, plural sevenler)

1. lover (somebody who loves)

Antonyms

• sevmeyen

Declension

declension of seven

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	seven	sevenler
definite accusative (belirtme)	seveni	sevenleri
dative (yönelme)	sevene	sevenlere
locative (bulunma)	sevende	sevenlerde
ablative (çıkma)	sevenden	sevenlerden
genitive (tamlayan)	sevenin	sevenlerin

possessive forms of seven

benim (my)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	sevenim	sevenlerim
definite accusative (belirtme)	sevenimi	sevenlerimi
dative (yönelme)	sevenime	sevenlerime
locative (bulunma)	sevenimde	sevenlerimde
ablative (çıkma)	sevenimden	sevenlerimden
genitive (tamlayan)	sevenimin	sevenlerimin
senin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	sevenin	sevenlerin
definite accusative (belirtme)	sevenini	sevenlerini
dative (yönelme)	sevenine	sevenlerine
locative (bulunma)	seveninde	sevenlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	seveninden	sevenlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	seveninin	sevenlerinin
onun (his/her/its)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	seveni	sevenleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	sevenini	sevenlerini
dative (yönelme)	sevenine	sevenlerine
locative (bulunma)	seveninde	sevenlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	seveninden	sevenlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	seveninin	sevenlerinin
bizim (our)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	sevenimiz	sevenlerimiz
definite accusative (belirtme)	sevenimizi	sevenlerimizi
dative (yönelme)	sevenimize	sevenlerimize
locative (bulunma)	sevenimizde	sevenlerimizde
ablative (çıkma)	sevenimizden	sevenlerimizden
genitive (tamlayan)	sevenimizin	sevenlerimizin
sizin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	seveniniz	sevenleriniz
definite accusative (belirtme)	seveninizi	sevenlerinizi
dative (yönelme)	seveninize	sevenlerinize
locative (bulunma)	seveninizde	sevenlerinizde
ablative (çıkma)	seveninizden	sevenlerinizden
genitive (tamlayan)	seveninizin	sevenlerinizin
onların (their)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	sevenleri	sevenleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	sevenlerini	sevenlerini
dative (yönelme)	sevenlerine	sevenlerine
locative (bulunma)	sevenlerinde	sevenlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	sevenlerinden	sevenlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	sevenlerinin	sevenlerinin