sjutton

Swedish

Swedish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sjutton     Ordinal : sjuttonde

Etymology

From Old Swedish siutan‚ siuttān, from Old Norse sjaután, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɧɵˌtɔn/

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Numeral

sjutton

1. seventeen

Interjection

sjutton

1. (euphemistic) used in place of various taboo words
   • 2006, Mari Jungstedt, Den döende dandyn; translated as Tiina Nunnally, transl., The Killer's Art, 2010:

     Det kliade i halsen. Höll han på att bli förkyld? Ena handen flög upp till pannan och nog sjutton hade han feber. Förbannat.

     His throat felt scratchy. Was he coming down with a cold? He pressed his hand to his forehead. Damned if he didn't have a fever. Shit.

See also

• sjuttonde
• sjuttondel