sextiotal

Swedish

Alternative forms

• 60-tal

Etymology

sextio +‎ tal

Noun

sextiotal n

2. around sixty

   Ett sextiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus

   Around sixty people had to be taken to hospital

3. (usually in the definite "sextiotalet") the 60s (especially the 1960s)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of sextiotal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sextiotal	sextiotalet	sextiotal	sextiotalen
Genitive	sextiotals	sextiotalets	sextiotals	sextiotalens

See also

• sjuttiotal
• femtiotal

References

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