No. 3,764 in Dutch
tiental
A group or set of ten.
In a sentence
Een tiental leerlingen wachtte op de bus.
About ten students were waiting for the bus.
Here, 'tiental' is used to approximate the number of students, meaning 'about ten.'
Hij kocht een tiental appels op de markt.
He bought ten apples at the market.
In this sentence, 'tiental' directly refers to ten of something, specifically apples.
Er zijn al tientallen mensen gearriveerd.
Dozens of people have already arrived.
Here, 'tiental' is in the plural form 'tientallen,' referring to a count range in tens, such as 'dozens.'
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