tjugotal

Swedish

Alternative forms
  • 20-tal

Etymology

tjugo +‎ tal

Noun

tjugotal n

  1. around twenty
    Ett tjugotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
    Around twenty people had to be taken to hospital
  2. (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

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