-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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