hundratal
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
hundratal n
- around one hundred
- Ett hundratal människor fick föras till sjukhus
- Around one hundred people had to be taken to hospital
- hundreds
- Om summan av tiotalen är större än hundra läggs en minnessiffra till hundratalen
- If the sum of the tens is greater than a hundred, a carry is added to the hundreds
- (usually in the definite "hundratalet," as a suffix only) century
- artonhundratalet/1800-talet
- the 19th century
Usage notes[edit]
The -tal suffix is only used for even tens in (sense 1).
Declension[edit]
| Declension of hundratal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hundratal | hundratalet | hundratal | hundratalen |
| Genitive | hundratals | hundratalets | hundratals | hundratalens |
Related terms[edit]
- hundratals (“hundreds of”)
See also[edit]
- tusental
- århundrade (“century”)
References[edit]
- hundratal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- hundratal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hundratal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)