-something

-something

n combining form

a. a person whose age can be approximately expressed by a specified decade

b. (as modifier): the thirty-something market.

[C20: from the US television series thirtysomething]

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Translations

-something

suf he’s twenty-something → er ist in den Zwanzigern or zwischen zwanzig und dreißig; thirty-somethings → Leute pl → in den Dreißigern or zwischen dreißig und vierzig; most American twenty-somethings, most twenty-something Americans → die meisten Amerikaner in den Zwanzigern or zwischen zwanzig und dreißig

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