åttiotal
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Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]åttiotal n
- around eighty
- Ett åttiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
- Around eighty people had to be taken to hospital
- (usually in the definite "åttiotalet") the 80s (especially the 1980s)
Usage notes
[edit]The -tal suffix is only used for even tens in (sense 1).
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | åttiotal | åttiotals |
definite | åttiotalet | åttiotalets | |
plural | indefinite | åttiotal | åttiotals |
definite | åttiotalen | åttiotalens |