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29.3.1 Zwanziger / dreißiger
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The following phrase is a bit rare from the grammatical point of view.
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In den zwanziger
Jahren war alles besser.
= In the twenties everything was better. |
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One could think that the morpheme -er
could be explained with the usual declension, but if we check the tables we see that this is not the case. According to the standard tables the morpheme should be -en.
This type of numbers is not declined.
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Some examples |
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Nominativ: |
Die zwanziger
Jahre waren
schön.
= The twenties were nice. |
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Dativ: |
Den zwanziger
Jahren trauere
ich nicht nach.
= I do not miss the twenties. |
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Genitiv: |
Die Inflation der
zwanziger
Jahre destabilisierte
das politische System.
= The inflation of the twenties destabilised the political system. |
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Akkusativ: |
Er sieht die zwanziger
Jahre in einem goldenen Licht.
= He sees the twenties in a golden light. |
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