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

See also

• sextiotal
• fyrtiotal

References

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