English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ]
Arabic numerals: 7 ( see for numerical forms in other scripts )
Roman numerals: VII
sev'n
Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English [Term?] , 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 ” ) , Low German söven ( “ seven ” ) , Dutch zeven ( “ seven ” ) , German sieben ( “ seven ” ) , Danish syv ( “ seven ” ) , Norwegian sju ( “ seven ” ) , Icelandic sjö ( “ seven ” ) , Latin septem ( “ seven ” ) , Ancient Greek ἑπτά ( heptá , “ seven ” ) , Russian семь ( semʹ ) , Sanskrit सप्तन् ( saptán ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] Numeral [ edit ] seven
( cardinal ) A numerical value equal to 7 ; the number occurring after six and before eight .
Usage notes [ edit ] Like other numerals, sometimes used postpositively in Late Middle English and Early Modern English, for exampleː
Sun and moon set in the heaven, with stars, and the planets seven . (The Towneley plays)
Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
cardinal number 7
Abkhaz: бжьба ( bž̍bā )
Adyghe: блы ( blə )
Afrikaans: sewe
Ainu: アㇻワン ( arwan )
Albanian: shtatë (sq)
Alutiiq: mallrungin
American Sign Language:
Amharic: ሰባት (am) ( säbat ) (numeral: ፯ ( 7 ) )
Arabic: سَبْعَة ( sabʿa ) , (numeral: ٧ ( 7 ) )
Egyptian Arabic: سبعة ( sabaʿa )
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: shapti 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 (be) ( sjem ) , ( collective ) сямёра ( sjamjóra )
Bengali: সাত ( sat ) (numeral: ৭ )
Breton: seizh (br)
Bulgarian: се́дем (bg) ( sédem )
Burmese: ခုနစ် (my) ( hku.nac ) (numeral: ၇ ( 7 ) )
Buryat: долоон ( doloon )
Catalan: set (ca)
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⴰ ( sa )
Central Dusun: turu
Chamicuro: kanchis
Chechen: ворхӏ ( worh )
Cherokee: ᎦᎵᏉᎩ ( galiquogi )
Chichewa: sanu n'ziwiri
Chinese:
Cantonese: 七 ( chat1 )
Hakka: 七 ( chhit )
Mandarin: 七 (zh) ( qī ) (numeral: 柒 (zh) )
Min Dong: 七 ( ceig )
Min Nan: 七 (zh-min-nan) ( chhit ) ( Xiamen )
Wu: 七 ( tshiq )
Xiang: 七 ( tshiu )
Chuvash: ҫиччӗ ( śiččĕ ) , ҫичӗ ( śičĕ ) , ҫич ( śič )
Classical Nahuatl: chicōme
Coptic: ϣⲁϣϥ ( šašf )
Cornish: seyth
Corsican: setti (co)
Crimean Tatar: yedi
Czech: sedm (cs)
Dalmatian: sapto
Danish: syv (da)
Dena'ina: qents'ughi'i
Dhivehi: ހަތް ( hat )
Dolgan: һэттэ ( hette )
Dupaningan Agta: pitu
Dutch: zeven (nl)
Dzongkha: please add this translation if you can
Eastern Mari: шымыт ( šəmət )
Erzya: сисем ( sisem )
Esperanto: sep (eo)
Estonian: seitse (et)
Evenki: надан ( nadan )
Faroese: sjey (fo)
Fijian: vitu (fj)
Finnish: seitsemän (fi)
French: sept (fr)
Friulian: siet
Galician: sete (gl)
Garifuna: sedü
Ge'ez: ሰብዐቱ m ( säbʿätu ) , ሰብዑ f ( säbʿu ) (numeral: ፯ ( 7 ) )
Georgian: შვიდი (ka) ( švidi )
German: sieben (de)
Gilbertese: itiua
Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 ( sibun )
Greek: επτά (el) ( eptá ) , ζ΄ ( z΄ ) ( numeral )
Ancient Greek: ἑπτά ( heptá )
Greenlandic: arfineq marluk
Guaraní: pokõi
Gujarati: સાત (gu) ( sāt ) (numeral: ૭ )
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) ( 7 ) )
Hopi: tsangeʼ
Hungarian: hét (hu)
Icelandic: sjö (is)
Ido: sep (io)
Ilocano: pito
Inari Sami: čiččâm
Indonesian: tujuh (id)
Interlingua: septe
Irish: seacht (ga)
Istriot: siete sjete
Istro-Romanian: şåpte
Italian: sette (it)
Japanese: 七 (ja) ( しち , shichi; なな , nana; ななつ , nanatsu) , ７ (ja)
Javanese: pitu (jv)
Judeo-Tat: хьэфд ( ħəfd )
Kalmyk: долан ( dolan )
Kannada: ಏಳು (kn) ( ēḷu ) (numeral: ೭ (kn) ( 7 ) )
Karachay-Balkar: джети
Karelian: seiččemen
Kashubian: sétmë
Kazakh: жеті (kk) ( jeti )
Khakas: читi ( çiti )
Khmer: ប្រាំពីរ (km) ( pram pii ) (numeral: ៧ ( 7 ) )
Komi-Zyrian: сізым ( sïzym )
Korean: 일곱 (ko) ( ilgop ) , 칠 (ko) ( chil ) (七 (ko) )
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: heft (ku)
Sorani: حەوت ( ḧewt )
Kyrgyz: жети (ky) ( ceti )
Ladin: set
Lakota: šakówiŋ
Lao: ເຈັດ ( chet ) (numeral: ໗ ( 7 ) )
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 (nds) , seben seven (nds)
German Low German: sëwe sëwen sæwen sæben söven (nds)
Luxembourgish: siwen (lb)
Lü: ᦵᦈᧆ ( ṫsed ) (numeral: ᧗ )
Macedonian: седум (mk) ( sedum )
Madurese: pɛttɔʔ
Malagasy: fito (mg)
Malay:
Jawi: توجوه ڤيتو سڤتا
Rumi: tujuh (ms) , pitu (ms) , sapta
Malayalam: ഏഴു (ml) ( ēḻu ) , ഏഴ് (ml) ( ēḻ ) (numeral: ൭ )
Maltese: sebgħa
Manchu: ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠨ ( nadan )
Mangarevan: hitu itu
Mansi: сат ( sāt )
Manx: shiaght
Maori: whitu (mi)
Marathi: सात ( sāt )
Maricopa: paxkieg
Marshallese: jimjuon
Middle English: seoven
Minangkabau: tujuah
Mirandese: siete
Moksha: сисем ( sisem )
Mon: ထပှ် ( həpɔh )
Mongolian: долоо (mn) ( doloo ) , (please verify ) ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠨ ( ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠨ ) ᠗ )
Montagnais: ( Sheshatshiu Innu ) nishuasht ( Mushuau Innu ) nishuautash
Munsee: níishaash
Muong: páy
Nahuatl: chicome (nah)
Nama: hû
Nauruan: aeiu
Navajo: tsostsʼid
Nepali: सात (ne) ( sāt )
Niuean: fitu
Nogai: ети ( yeti )
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: sööwen
Helgoland: seeben
Mooring and Sylt: soowen
Northern Sami: čieža
Norwegian: sju (no) , syv (no)
Novial: set
O'odham: vevkam
Occitan: sèt (oc)
Ojibwe: niizhwaaswi
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: седмь ( sedmĭ )
Old English: seofon
Old Frisian: siūgun
Old High German: sibun
Old Norse: sjau
Old Turkic: 𐰘𐱅𐰃 ( yeti )
Oriya: ସାତ ( sāt ) (numeral: ୭ ( 7 ) )
Oscan: 𐌔𐌄𐌚𐌕𐌄𐌍 ( seften )
Ossetian: авд ( avd )
Ottoman Turkish: يدی ( yedi )
Pali: सत्त satta
Pashto: اوه ( uwë )
Persian: هَفت (fa) ( haft ) (numeral: ۷
Polish: siedem (pl) , ( collective ) siedmioro (pl)
Portuguese: sete (pt)
Punjabi: ਸੱਤ (pa) ( satt ) (numeral: ੭ ( 7 ) )
Quechua: qanchis gancis
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Rarotongan: ’itu
Romanian: șapte (ro)
Romansch: set siat seat
Russian: семь (ru) ( semʹ ) , ( collective ) се́меро (ru) ( sémero )
Rusyn: сім ( sim )
S'gaw Karen: နွံ ( nwi )
Samoan: fitu (sm)
Sanskrit: सप्तन् (sa) ( saptan )
Sardinian: sete seti
Saterland Frisian: soogen
Scots: seiven
Scottish Gaelic: seachd ( persons ) seachdnar m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: седам
Roman: sedam
Shan: ၸဵတ်း ( tɕet4 ) (numeral: ႗ )
Sichuan Yi: ꏃ ( shyp )
Sicilian: setti (scn) , sietti (scn)
Sikkimese: དུཨིན ( duin )
Silesian: śedym
Sindhi: سَتَ ( sata )
Sinhalese: හත (si) ( hata )
Skolt Sami: čiččâm
Slovak: sedem
Slovene: sédem (sl)
Somali: toddoba (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: sedym
Upper Sorbian: sydom
Southern Altai: јети ( ǰätï )
Spanish: siete (es)
Sranan Tongo: seybi
Swahili: saba (sw)
Swedish: sju (sv)
Tagalog: pito (tl)
Tahitian: hitu
Tai Dam: chết
Tajik: ҳафт (tg) ( haft )
Tamil: ஏழு (ta) ( ēḻu ) (numeral: ௭ ( ௭ ) )
Tashelhit: sa m , f
Tatar: җиде (tt) ( cide )
Telugu: ఏడు (te) ( ēḍu ) (numeral: ౭ (te) ( 7 ) )
Thai: เจ็ด (th) ( jèt ) (numeral: ๗ (th) )
Tibetan: བདུན ( bdun ) (numeral: ༧ ( 7 ) )
Tigre: ሰቡዕ ( säbuʿ ) (numeral: ፯ ( 7 ) )
Tigrinya: ሸውዓተ (ti) ( šäwʿatä ) (numeral: ፯ ( 7 ) )
Tocharian A: ṣpät
Tocharian B: ṣukt
Tok Pisin: sevenpela
Tongan: fitu
Turkish: yedi (tr)
Turkmen: ýedi (tk)
Tuvaluan: fitu
Tuvan: чеди ( čädï )
Tz'utujil: (please verify ) wuku
Ukrainian: сім (uk) ( sim ) , се́меро ( sémero ) ( collective )
Unami: nishash
Urdu: سات ( sāt )
Uyghur: يەتتە (ug) ( yette )
Uzbek: yetti (uz)
Venetian: sete
Veps: seicheme
Vietnamese: bảy (vi)
Vilamovian: zejwa
Volapük: vel (vo)
Votic: seitsee
Võro: säidse
Walloon: set (wa)
Waray-Waray: siete
Welsh: saith (cy)
West Frisian: sân (fy)
White Hmong: xya
Winnebago: šaagowį
Wolof: juróom ñaar
Xhosa: sixhenxe
Yakut: сэттэ ( sette )
Yiddish: זיבן ( zibn )
Yup'ik: malrunlegen
Zhuang: caet Sawndip 七 )
Zulu: sikhombisa
Zuni: kwilelekk'ya
See also [ edit ] seven (countable and uncountable plural sevens
The digit /figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
He wrote three sevens on the paper.
( countable , card games ) A card bearing seven pips .
Translations [ edit ]
a card bearing seven pips
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 Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations .
Translations to be checked
Derived terms [ edit ]
Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
See also [ edit ] Statistics [ edit ] Anagrams [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] seven
courteous
Dutch Low Saxon [ edit ] Numeral [ edit ] seven
Alternative form of zeuven ( seven )
Middle Dutch [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] From Old Dutch sivun sivon Proto-Germanic *sebun *sebunt Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ -t added through influence of "nine" and "ten".
Numeral [ edit ] sēven
seven
Descendants [ edit ] Etymology 2 [ edit ] From sēve -en
sēven
to sift , to sieve
Inflection [ edit ]
Weak
Indicative
Present
Past
1st singular
sēve sēefde
2nd singular
sēefs , sēves sēefdes
3rd singular
sēeft , sēvet sēefde
1st plural
sēven sēefden
2nd plural
sēeft , sēvet sēefdet
3rd plural
sēven sēefden
Subjunctive
Present
Past
1st singular
sēve sēefde
2nd singular
sēefs , sēves sēefdes
3rd singular
sēve sēefde
1st plural
sēven sēefden
2nd plural
sēeft , sēvet sēefdet
3rd plural
sēven sēefden
Imperative
Present
Singular
sēve
Plural
sēeft , sēvet
Present
Past
Participle
sēvende gesēeft
Descendants [ edit ] Further reading [ edit ]
“seven ”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek , 2000
“seven (I) ”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek , 1929
“seven (IV) ”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek , 1929
Tok Pisin [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From English seven
Numeral [ edit ] seven
seven
Usage notes [ edit ] Used when counting; see also sevenpela .
Turkish [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : [seven] Hyphenation: sev‧en
Adjective [ edit ] seven (comparative daha seven superlative en seven
loving , affectionate
Related terms [ edit ] seven (definite accusative seveni plural sevenler
lover (somebody who loves)
Declension [ edit ]
possessive forms of seven
Antonyms [ edit ]
