trettiotal

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • 30-tal

Etymology

trettio + tal

Noun

trettiotal n

  1. around thirty
    Ett trettiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
    Around thirty people had to be taken to hospital
  2. (usually in the definite "trettiotalet") the 30s (especially the 1930s)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of trettiotal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative trettiotal trettiotalet trettiotal trettiotalen
Genitive trettiotals trettiotalets trettiotals trettiotalens

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