семна́дцать
semnádcatʹ
The Russian word for seventeen is семна́дцать (semnádcatʹ).
семна́дцать is a cardinal number used to represent the quantity seventeen.
Meaning: cardinal number (num)
How do you pronounce it?
semnádcatʹ
Did you know?
- The Russian word семь (seven) is a cognate with the English word 'seven', as both derive from the same ancient Proto-Indo-European root.
- Russian numbers from 11 to 19 all end in -на́дцать, which comes from an ancient word meaning 'on top of'. This implies that seventeen is literally 'seven on top of ten'.
- In Russian, the number семна́дцать changes its ending depending on the grammatical case of the noun it describes, meaning it can appear as семнадцати or семнадцатью.
Examples in context
- Всего в классе семнадцать учеников.There are seventeen students in the class.
- Мне семна́дцать лет.Mne semnadtsat' let.I am seventeen years old.
- В этой книге семна́дцать страниц.V etoy knige semnadtsat' stranits.This book has seventeen pages.
- У меня есть семна́дцать рублей.U menya yest' semnadtsat' rubley.I have seventeen rubles.
Example conversation
Sergey and Ekaterina are checking the inventory of a small shop.
- Сергей SergeyСколько здесь коробок?Skol'ko zdes' korobok?How many boxes are here?
- Екатерина EkaterinaТут семна́дцать коробок.Tut semnadtsat' korobok.There are seventeen boxes here.
- Сергей SergeyЕкатерина, это очень много.Ekaterina, eto ochen' mnogo.Ekaterina, that is a lot.
- Екатерина EkaterinaДа, Сергей, я согласна.Da, Sergey, ya soglasna.Yes, Sergey, I agree.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “seventeen” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
