sextiotal

Swedish

Alternative forms

• 60-tal

Etymology

sextio +‎ tal

Noun

sextiotal n

2. around sixty

   Ett sextiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus

   Around sixty people had to be taken to hospital

3. (usually in the definite "sextiotalet") the 60s (especially the 1960s)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of sextiotal

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sextiotal	sextiotals
	definite	sextiotalet	sextiotalets
plural	indefinite	sextiotal	sextiotals
	definite	sextiotalen	sextiotalens

See also

• sjuttiotal
• femtiotal

References

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