second
The word "zweite" is the German translation of the English word "second". In German, adjectives have different forms depending on the gender of the noun they are describing and the case of the sentence. The word "zweite" is the feminine form of "second" in the nominative case. It is used to describe a female noun in the subject position of a sentence. For example, "die zweite Frau" means "the second woman".
This is the second month of the year.
In this sentence, 'zweite' is used to denote order or position within a sequence, specifically indicating that a particular month is the second one in the yearly sequence.
She is the second on the list.
This sentence highlights the positional application of 'zweite', which indicates the place of a person in a particular ordered list. Here, it tells us that a certain woman has the second place in a specific list.
This instance again employs 'zweite' to identify a numerical location within a series or sequence. In this context, it's used to guide someone to a specific room by indicating its position relative to other doors.
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