zehnten

This is the 4746th most frequent German word.


zehnten

"Tenth" (ordinal number) or "tithe" (historically, one-tenth portion).


In this instance, 'zehnten' is describing the specific part (tenth) of something distributed.

Ich habe ihm den zehnten Teil gegeben.

I gave him the tenth part.


In this sentence, 'zehnten' is used as an ordinal number to specify the date (tenth day).

Ich treffe dich am zehnten August.

I will meet you on the tenth of August.


Here, 'zehnten' functions as an adjective describing which attempt (ordinal number).

Dieses ist mein zehnten Versuch.

This is my tenth attempt.