femtiotal

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • 50-tal

Etymology

femtio +‎ tal

Noun

femtiotal n

  2. around fifty
    Ett femtiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
    Around fifty people had to be taken to hospital
  3. (usually in the definite "femtiotalet") the 50s (especially the 1950s)

Usage notes

The -tal suffix is only used for even tens in (sense 1).

Declension

Declension of femtiotal
nominative genitive
singular indefinite femtiotal femtiotals
definite femtiotalet femtiotalets
plural indefinite femtiotal femtiotals
definite femtiotalen femtiotalens

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References

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