tusental

Swedish

Etymology

tusen +‎ tal

Noun

tusental n

2. around one thousand

   Ett tusental människor fick evakueras

   Around one thousand people had to be evacuated

3. thousands

   Om summan av hundratalen är större än tusen läggs en minnessiffra till tusentalen

   If the sum of the hundreds is greater than one thousand, a carry is added to the thousands

4. (usually in the definite "tusentalet", and mostly also with the word ett: "ettusental(et)") the 1000s (one thousands), the years 1000 to 1999; almost the same period as det andra millenniet ("the second millennium") which, however, was from year 1001 to (the end of) year 2000

Usage notes

3)"Tusentalet"/"Ettusentalet" is often used to refer to the years 1000 to 1099, almost the same period as det elfte seklet ("the eleventh century", which, however, is the years 1001 to 1100). However, the years 1000 to 1099 should, rather than (et)tusentalet, be referred to as tiohundratalet ("the ten hundreds"), to avoid confusion with the period ending with year 1999.

Declension

Declension of tusental
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tusental	tusentalet	tusental	tusentalen
Genitive	tusentals	tusentalets	tusentals	tusentalens

Related terms

• tusentals (“thousands of”)

See also

• ental
• tiotal
• hundratal
• tiotusental
• århundrade (“century”)

References

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

Anagrams

• anslutet, uttalens