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sjuttiotal

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Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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sjuttio +‎ tal

Noun

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sjuttiotal n

  1. around seventy
    Ett sjuttiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
    Around seventy people had to be taken to hospital
  2. (usually in the definite "sjuttiotalet") the 70s (especially the 1970s)

Usage notes

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

Declension

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Declension of sjuttiotal
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sjuttiotal sjuttiotals
definite sjuttiotalet sjuttiotalets
plural indefinite sjuttiotal sjuttiotals
definite sjuttiotalen sjuttiotalens

See also

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References

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