artonhundratal

Swedish

Alternative forms

• 1800-tal

Etymology

arton +‎ hundratal

Noun

artonhundratal n

1. (usually in the definite "artonhundratalet") The 1800s (eighteen hundreds), the years 1800 to 1899; almost the same period as nittonde seklet ("nineteenth century") which, however, was from year 1801 to 1900 (although a century in Swedish is used to be counted from a year 100x to a year 100x + 99 rather than from a year 100x + 1 to a year 100y).

Declension

Declension of artonhundratal
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	artonhundratal	artonhundratalet	—	—
Genitive	artonhundratals	artonhundratalets	—	—

See also

• nittonhundratal
• sjuttonhundratal

References

• artonhundratalet in Svensk ordbok (SO)