femfemma

Swedish

Etymology

From fem (“five”) +‎ femma (“a five”), roughly "five-fiver." Attested since the 1940s.

Noun

femfemma c

  1. (historical, colloquial) a person declared not guilty by reason of insanity according to section 5 of chapter 5 of the Swedish Penal Code of 1864 (replaced in 1965)
  2. (figuratively, slang) an idiot, a crazy
  3. a 5.5 Metre (keelboat)

Declension

Declension of femfemma
nominative genitive
singular indefinite femfemma femfemmas
definite femfemman femfemmans
plural indefinite femfemmor femfemmors
definite femfemmorna femfemmornas

See also

References

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