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fem

five/fɛm/

Meaning

five

In Swedish: 5

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What does fem mean?

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What does fem mean in English?

fem means “five”.

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Origin

PIE word *pénkʷe From Old Norse fimm (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf, ultimately from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Nearby common words

fem is number 334 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

330rum room, space
331sida side, page
332fall case, fall
333tag grip, stroke
335ensam lonely, alone
336tills until
337öga eye
338skriva write

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary