twintigtal

twintigtal

A group or quantity of approximately twenty.

In this sentence, 'twintigtal' is used to indicate an approximate count of twenty new books, conveying the notion of a group or collection.

De bibliotheek heeft een twintigtal nieuwe boeken ontvangen.

The library has received approximately twenty new books.

Here, 'twintigtal' describes an approximation of the number of people present, emphasizing quantity in an informal numerical sense.

Er waren een twintigtal mensen aanwezig bij de vergadering.

There were about twenty people present at the meeting.

In this example, 'twintigtal' is used to refer to the approximate count of solutions proposed, which informs the listener about the scale of the suggestion effort.

We hebben een twintigtal oplossingen voorgesteld voor het probleem.

We proposed about twenty solutions to the problem.