tjugotal

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • 20-tal

Etymology

tjugo +‎ tal

Noun

tjugotal n

  2. around twenty
    Ett tjugotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
    Around twenty people had to be taken to hospital
  3. (usually in the definite "tjugotalet") the 20s (especially the 1920s)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of tjugotal
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tjugotal tjugotals
definite tjugotalet tjugotalets
plural indefinite tjugotal tjugotals
definite tjugotalen tjugotalens

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References

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