fyrtiotal

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • 40-tal

Etymology

fyrtio +‎ tal

Noun

fyrtiotal n

  2. around forty
    Ett fyrtiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
    Around forty people had to be taken to hospital
  3. (usually in the definite "fyrtiotalet") the 40s (especially the 1940s)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of fyrtiotal
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fyrtiotal fyrtiotals
definite fyrtiotalet fyrtiotalets
plural indefinite fyrtiotal fyrtiotals
definite fyrtiotalen fyrtiotalens

See also

References

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