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

• femtiotal
• trettiotal

References

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