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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	femtiotal	femtiotalet	femtiotal	femtiotalen
Genitive	femtiotals	femtiotalets	femtiotals	femtiotalens

See also

• sextiotal
• fyrtiotal

References

• femtiotal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• femtiotal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• femtiotal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)