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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fyrtiotal	fyrtiotalet	fyrtiotal	fyrtiotalen
Genitive	fyrtiotals	fyrtiotalets	fyrtiotals	fyrtiotalens

See also

• femtiotal
• trettiotal

References

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