tjugotal

Swedish

Alternative forms

• 20-tal

Etymology

tjugo +‎ tal

Noun

tjugotal n

2. around twenty

   Ett tjugotal människor fick föras till sjukhus

   Around twenty people had to be taken to hospital

3. (usually in the definite "tjugotalet") the 20s (especially the 1920s)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of tjugotal

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tjugotal	tjugotals
	definite	tjugotalet	tjugotalets
plural	indefinite	tjugotal	tjugotals
	definite	tjugotalen	tjugotalens

See also

• trettiotal
• tiotal

References

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