sjuttiotal

Swedish

Alternative forms
  • 70-tal

Etymology

sjuttio +‎ tal

Noun

sjuttiotal n

  1. around seventy
    Ett sjuttiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
    Around seventy people had to be taken to hospital
  2. (usually in the definite "sjuttiotalet") the 70s (especially the 1970s)

Usage notes

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

Declension
Declension of sjuttiotal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sjuttiotal sjuttiotalet sjuttiotal sjuttiotalen
Genitive sjuttiotals sjuttiotalets sjuttiotals sjuttiotalens

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