tjugotal
Swedish
Alternative forms
- 20-tal
Etymology
tjugo + tal
Noun
tjugotal n
- around twenty
- Ett tjugotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
- Around twenty people had to be taken to hospital
- (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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tjugotal | tjugotalet | tjugotal | tjugotalen |
| Genitive | tjugotals | tjugotalets | tjugotals | tjugotalens |
See also
- trettiotal
- tiotal
References
- tjugotal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tjugotal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tjugotal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)