sextiotal
Swedish
Alternative forms
- 60-tal
Etymology
sextio + tal
Noun
sextiotal n
- around sixty
- Ett sextiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
- Around sixty people had to be taken to hospital
- (usually in the definite "sextiotalet") the 60s (especially the 1960s)
Usage notes
The -tal suffix is only used for even tens in (sense 1).
Declension
| Declension of sextiotal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | sextiotal | sextiotalet | sextiotal | sextiotalen |
| Genitive | sextiotals | sextiotalets | sextiotals | sextiotalens |
See also
- sjuttiotal
- femtiotal
References
- sextiotal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sextiotal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sextiotal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)