fyrtiotal
Swedish
Alternative forms
- 40-tal
Etymology
fyrtio + tal
Noun
fyrtiotal n
- around forty
- Ett fyrtiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
- Around forty people had to be taken to hospital
- (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)