tjugotal

Swedish

Alternative forms

• 20-tal

Etymology

tjugo +‎ tal

Noun

tjugotal n

2. around twenty

   Ett tjugotal människor fick föras till sjukhus

   Around twenty people had to be taken to hospital

3. (usually in the definite "tjugotalet") the 20s (especially the 1920s)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of tjugotal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tjugotal	tjugotalet	tjugotal	tjugotalen
Genitive	tjugotals	tjugotalets	tjugotals	tjugotalens

See also

• trettiotal
• tiotal

References

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