nittiotal

Swedish

Alternative forms

• 90-tal

Etymology

nittio +‎ tal

Noun

nittiotal n

2. around ninety

   Ett nittiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus

   Around ninety people had to be taken to hospital

3. (usually in the definite "nittiotalet") the 90s (especially the 1990s)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of nittiotal

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nittiotal	nittiotals
	definite	nittiotalet	nittiotalets
plural	indefinite	nittiotal	nittiotals
	definite	nittiotalen	nittiotalens

See also

• hundratal
• nollnolltal
• åttiotal

References

• “nittiotal”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “nittiotal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “nittiotal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)