No. 4,384 in Swedish

tiondel

"Tiondel" means "tenth" or "one-tenth" in English.

In a sentence

Han sparade en tiondel av sin lön varje månad.
He saved a tenth of his salary every month.
In this sentence, 'tiondel' is used to denote a fraction of something, specifically one-tenth of the salary.
Resultatet visar att endast en tiondel av deltagarna slutförde undersökningen.
The results show that only a tenth of the participants completed the survey.
Here, 'tiondel' is employed to describe a proportion relating to the number of participants.
En tiondel är lika med tjugo procent i vissa sammanhang.
A tenth is equal to twenty percent in some contexts.
This usage indicates a mathematical representation or approximation of the fraction 'tiondel' in comparison to percentages.

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