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Numerals denoting decades can be followed by the suffix -er, thereby deriving personal nouns. Examples are tachtich eighty > tachtiger person in his/her eighties and tweintich twenty > tweintiger person in his/her twenties. These nouns always have common gender.

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Nouns in -er may have a numeral as a base, but also a noun, an adjective, a phrase and especially a verb. More information can be found in the topic on -er with a verb as base.

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