åttiotal
Appearance
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]Declension of åttiotal