hundratal

Swedish

Etymology

hundra +‎ tal

Noun

hundratal n

2. around one hundred

   Ett hundratal människor fick föras till sjukhus

   Around one hundred people had to be taken to hospital

3. hundreds

   Om summan av tiotalen är större än hundra läggs en minnessiffra till hundratalen

   If the sum of the tens is greater than a hundred, a carry is added to the hundreds

4. (usually in the definite "hundratalet," as a suffix only) century

   artonhundratalet/1800-talet

   the 19th century

Usage notes

The -tal suffix is only used for even tens in (sense 1).

Declension

Declension of hundratal

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hundratal	hundratals
	definite	hundratalet	hundratalets
plural	indefinite	hundratal	hundratals
	definite	hundratalen	hundratalens

Related terms

• hundratals (“hundreds of”)

See also

• tusental
• århundrade (“century”)

References

• hundratal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hundratal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hundratal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• lathundar