nittiotal

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Swedish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

nittio +‎ tal

Noun[edit]

nittiotal n

  1. around ninety
    Ett nittiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
    Around ninety people had to be taken to hospital
  2. (usually in the definite "nittiotalet") the 90s (especially the 1990s)

Usage notes[edit]

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

Declension[edit]

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

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