sjuttiotal

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • 70-tal

Etymology

sjuttio +‎ tal

Noun

sjuttiotal n

  2. around seventy
    Ett sjuttiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
    Around seventy people had to be taken to hospital
  3. (usually in the definite "sjuttiotalet") the 70s (especially the 1970s)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of sjuttiotal
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sjuttiotal sjuttiotals
definite sjuttiotalet sjuttiotalets
plural indefinite sjuttiotal sjuttiotals
definite sjuttiotalen sjuttiotalens

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