die Neunziger
Translation
the nineties, the 90s
Examples
In den Neunzigern war die Musik anders.
In the nineties, the music was different.
Er wurde in den frühen Neunzigern geboren.
He was born in the early nineties.
Grammar Patterns
in the nineties In the nineties, people used pagers.
Similar Words
Synonyms: Neunzigerjahre; Other decades: Achtziger (eighties), Siebziger (seventies)
Etymology
Derived from 'neunzig', the German word for 'ninety'. The '-er' suffix is used to indicate a decade.
Memory Tips
Connect 'Neunziger' to the number 'neunzig' (90). The '-er' ending is the key to turning the number into the decade.