sjuttiotal
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
sjuttiotal n
- around seventy
- Ett sjuttiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
- Around seventy people had to be taken to hospital
- (usually in the definite "sjuttiotalet") the 70s (especially the 1970s)
Usage notes edit
The -tal suffix is only used for even tens in (sense 1).
Declension edit
| Declension of sjuttiotal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | sjuttiotal | sjuttiotalet | sjuttiotal | sjuttiotalen |
| Genitive | sjuttiotals | sjuttiotalets | sjuttiotals | sjuttiotalens |