hundratal

Swedish

Etymology

hundra + tal

Noun

hundratal n

  1. around one hundred
    Ett hundratal människor fick föras till sjukhus
    Around one hundred people had to be taken to hospital
  2. 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
  3. (usually in the definite "hundratalet," as a suffix only) century
    artonhundratalet/1800-talet
    the 19th century

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of hundratal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hundratal hundratalet hundratal hundratalen
Genitive hundratals hundratalets hundratals hundratalens

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