-ste

Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
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Usage notes
The ordinal numbers and  are formed with this suffix, as well as ordinals of numbers 20 and above. The ordinals of numbers 2-19 are formed with.

The suffix can also be written after a number written in digits.

Usage notes
The ordinal number is formed with this suffix, as well as ordinals of numbers 20 and above. (The ordinal number is better explained as an inflected form of the superlative .) The ordinals of the other cardinal numbers in the range 0 to 19 are formed with. The adjectives and  also employ the suffix -ste.

The suffix can also be written after a number written in digits. The e is sometimes written in superscript, like in French, but this is discouraged by the.

Suffix

 * 1) -th, -nd etc; Used to form the ordinal form of a cardinal number