Sieben

See also: sieben

English

Etymology

North German and Dutch surname, a patronymic form of Siebe, from the personal name Siebert.

Proper noun

Sieben (plural Siebens)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sieben is the 24554^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1018 individuals. Sieben is most common among White (95.28%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sieben”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• enbies

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈziːbən/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Sie‧ben

Etymology 1

See sieben

Noun

Sieben f (genitive Sieben, plural Siebenen)

1. seven

Declension

Declension of Sieben [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sieben	die	Siebenen
genitive	einer	der	Sieben	der	Siebenen
dative	einer	der	Sieben	den	Siebenen
accusative	eine	die	Sieben	die	Siebenen

Etymology 2

Noun

Sieben n (strong, genitive Siebens, no plural)

1. gerund of sieben; the act of sifting

Declension

Declension of Sieben [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Sieben
genitive	eines	des	Siebens
dative	einem	dem	Sieben
accusative	ein	das	Sieben

Etymology 3

Noun

Sieben n

1. dative plural of Sieb

Further reading

• “Sieben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sieben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Sieben” in Duden online