nittiotal

Swedish

Alternative forms

• 90-tal

Etymology

nittio +‎ tal

Noun

nittiotal n

2. around ninety

   Ett nittiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus

   Around ninety people had to be taken to hospital

3. (usually in the definite "nittiotalet") the 90s (especially the 1990s)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of nittiotal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	nittiotal	nittiotalet	nittiotal	nittiotalen
Genitive	nittiotals	nittiotalets	nittiotals	nittiotalens

See also

• hundratal
• nollnolltal
• åttiotal

References

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