Finnish

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Etymology

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nelisen +‎ kymmentä

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnelisenˌkymːentæ/, [ˈne̞lis̠e̞ŋˌk̟ymːe̞n̪t̪æ]
  • Rhymes: -ymːentæ
  • Syllabification(key): ne‧li‧sen‧kym‧men‧tä

Adverb

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nelisenkymmentä

  1. about forty

Declension

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The word nelisenkymmentä is not inflected. If one wants to say e.g. "in about forty" in Finnish, the easiest possibility is to use the adverb noin (about) as determiner to the numeral neljäkymmentä (forty):

  • noin neljässäkymmenessä tapauksessa sadasta = in about forty cases out of one hundred

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