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seventy
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siebzig is the German cardinal number seventy (70). Use: counts items or ages, e.g., siebzig Jahre. Specialties: it's a cardinal numeral (no gender or plural). In compounds it combines as in siebenundsiebzig (77). It behaves like other numerals and does not take auxiliary verbs or prepositions.
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Die Straße ist siebzig Meter vor der Kreuzung eng.
The road narrows seventy meters before the junction.
Der Verein plante, dass siebzig Freiwillige teilnehmen sollten, obwohl weniger Leute sich angemeldet hatten.
The association planned that seventy volunteers should participate, although fewer people had registered.
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Visualize a digital display showing '70' after a countdown.
Pronounced like 'seventy' in English — think of 'sieb' + 'zig'.