| Wichtigste Übersetzungen | 
| sixteenth, 16th adj
 | (item, person: 16th in a series, list) | sechzehnte Adj | 
|  | The sixteenth person on the list was David. | 
| sixteenth, 16th adj
 | (century: 1500s) | sechzehntes Adj | 
|  | The history exam covered most of the sixteenth century. | 
| sixteenth, 16th,
 the sixteenth,
 the 16th n
 | (in a series, list: 16th item, person) | Sechzehnte Nm | 
|  | On the shopping list, "butter" was sixteenth. | 
| sixteenth, 16th n
 | informal (16th birthday) (Geburtstag) | Sechzehnter Nm | 
|  | Her parents spent a fortune for her sixteenth. | 
| the sixteenth, the 16th n
 | (sixteenth day of the month) (Datum) | der Sechzehnte Best Art, m + Nm | 
|  | Kimberly's birthday is on the sixteenth. | 
| the sixteenth of, 16th,
 16th of,
 the 16th,
 the 16th of n
 | UK (sixteenth day of specified month) | der Sechzehnte Best Art, m + Nm | 
| Anmerkung: The written form "16 July" may also be used. | 
|  | My parents' wedding anniversary is on the sixteenth of July. | 
| the Sixteenth, XVI n
 | (monarch, pope: 16th with given name) (mündlich) | der Sechzehnte Best Art, m + Nm | 
|  | (schriftlich) | XVI | 
| Anmerkung: 'XVI' is spoken as "the Sixteenth" | 
|  | Charles the Sixteenth Gustav is the King of Sweden. |