femtiotal
SwedishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
femtiotal n
- around fifty
- Ett femtiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
- Around fifty people had to be taken to hospital
- (usually in the definite "femtiotalet") the 50s (especially the 1950s)
Usage notesEdit
The -tal suffix is only used for even tens in (sense 1).
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of femtiotal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | femtiotal | femtiotalet | femtiotal | femtiotalen |
| Genitive | femtiotals | femtiotalets | femtiotals | femtiotalens |