ninety

ninety
1. adjective
neunzig; see also academic.ru/23561/eight">eight 1.
2. noun
Neunzig, die; see also eight 2. 1); eighty 2.
* * *
1. noun
1) (the number or figure 90.) die Neunzig
2) (the age of 90.) die Neunzig
2. adjective
1) (90 in number.) neunzig
2) (aged 90.) neunzig
- nineties
- ninetieth
- ninety- - ninety-year-old
3. adjective
((of a person, animal or thing) that is ninety years old.) neunzigjährig
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nine·ty
[ˈnaɪnti, AM -t̬-]
I. adj neunzig; see also eighty I.
II. n
1. (number) Neunzig f, Neunziger m SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR; see also eighty II. 1
2. (age)
to be in one's nineties in den Neunzigern sein; see also eighty II. 2
3. (decade)
the nineties pl die Neunzigerjahre, die Neunziger; see also eighty II. 3
4. (fam: speed: 90 mph) ca. hundertfünfundvierzig km/h; see also eighty II. 5
the \ninety die Neunzig, der Neunziger
to be in the nineties um die 30-35 Grad Celsius sein
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['naIntɪ]
1. adj
neunzig
2. n
Neunzig f → also sixty
See:
→ also sixty
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ninety [ˈnaıntı]
A s Neunzig f:
he is in his nineties er ist in den Neunzigern;
in the nineties in den Neunzigerjahren (eines Jahrhunderts)
B adj neunzig
* * *
1. adjective
neunzig; see also eight 1.
2. noun
Neunzig, die; see also eight 2. 1); eighty 2.
* * *
adj.
neunzig adj.

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