| 29.3 Special constructions with numbers |
| 29.3.1 Zwanziger / dreißiger / vierziger |
The following phrase is a bit rare from the grammatical point of view.
| In den zwanziger
Jahren war alles besser. = In the twenties everything was better. |
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One could think that the morpheme -er could be explained with the usual declension, but if we check the tables we see that this is not the case. According to the standard tables the morpheme should be -en. This type of numbers is not declined.
| Some examples | ||
| Nominativ: | Die zwanziger
Jahre waren
schön. = The twenties were nice. |
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| Dativ: | Den zwanziger
Jahren trauere
ich nicht nach. = I do not miss the twenties. |
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| Genitiv: | Die Inflation der
zwanziger
Jahre destabilisierte
das politische System. = The inflation of the twenties destabilised the political system. |
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| Akkusativ: | Er sieht die zwanziger
Jahre in einem goldenen Licht. = He sees the twenties in a golden light. |
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