No. 3,799 in Dutch
twintigtal
A group or quantity of approximately twenty.
In a sentence
De bibliotheek heeft een twintigtal nieuwe boeken ontvangen.
The library has received approximately twenty new books.
In this sentence, 'twintigtal' is used to indicate an approximate count of twenty new books, conveying the notion of a group or collection.
Er waren een twintigtal mensen aanwezig bij de vergadering.
There were about twenty people present at the meeting.
Here, 'twintigtal' describes an approximation of the number of people present, emphasizing quantity in an informal numerical sense.
We hebben een twintigtal oplossingen voorgesteld voor het probleem.
We proposed about twenty solutions to the problem.
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.
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