zes

See also: żeś, zês, žes, and ZES

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ses, from Old Dutch ses, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛs/

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• Hyphenation: zes
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Numeral

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	60
←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: zes     Ordinal: zesde

zes

1. six

   Hij werkte zes dagen per week en heeft nu een burnout. ― He worked six days a week and has a burn out now.

   Hollanders gaan vaak rond zessen avondeten. ― Hollanders often have dinner around six.

   Ze gingen met zijn zessen naar de bar. ― The six of them went to the bar.

Derived terms

• van zessen klaar
• zeshoek
• zesjescultuur
• zesling
• zesmaal
• zesvoud
• zesvoudig
• zeswerf

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ses
• Berbice Creole Dutch: sesi
• Javindo: ses
• Jersey Dutch: zääs
• Negerhollands: ses, sees
• Skepi Creole Dutch: ses
• → Trió: ses

Noun

zes m or f (plural zessen, diminutive zesje n)

1. six (the digit or figure 6)
2. (Netherlands, Suriname, education) the lowest passing grade, on a scale from 10 (highest grade) to 1 (lowest grade); D− (US)

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

Ultimately cognate to German sechs.

Numeral

zes

1. six (6)

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-rəuX. Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] roul and Iu Mien lauz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʐe˩/

Noun

zes

1. nest

Zealandic

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ses, from Old Dutch ses, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

zes

1. six