년대

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 年代, from 年 (“year”) + 代 (“representing”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɲʌ̹ndɛ] ~ [ɲʌ̹nde̞]
    • (file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [년대/년데]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nyeondae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nyeondae
McCune–Reischauer?nyŏndae
Yale Romanization?nyentay

Noun

년대 • (nyeondae) (hanja 年代)

  1. North Korea and Yanbian form of 연대 (yeondae, “time period”)

Suffix

—년대 • (-nyeondae) (hanja 年代)

  1. the... -s (attached to a year to make it a decade or century)
    1990년대
    1990nyeondae
    the 1990s
    1300년대
    1300nyeondae
    the 1300s

Usage notes

In South Korea, 년대 (nyeondae) is only used as a suffix following a year or time period. The independent form of the noun is 연대 (yeondae). This is due to 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

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