nittiotal

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • 90-tal

Etymology

nittio +‎ tal

Noun

nittiotal n

  2. around ninety
    Ett nittiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
    Around ninety people had to be taken to hospital
  3. (usually in the definite "nittiotalet") the 90s (especially the 1990s)

Usage notes

The -tal suffix is only used for even tens in (sense 1).

Declension

Declension of nittiotal
nominative genitive
singular indefinite nittiotal nittiotals
definite nittiotalet nittiotalets
plural indefinite nittiotal nittiotals
definite nittiotalen nittiotalens

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