viiskümne

viiskümne is the Estonian word for fifty. It is a cardinal number, representing the quantity of fifty. In the Estonian number system, viiskümne is formed by combining "viis" (five) and "kümne" (ten), literally meaning "five tens". This construction is common in Estonian for numbers in the tens. For example, "kakskümmend" means twenty (two tens), and "kolmkümmend" means thirty (three tens). The word viiskümne is used in various contexts, such as counting objects, indicating age, or referring to quantities. When used in its ordinal form, meaning fiftieth, it becomes "viiekümnes". The number fifty holds significance in various cultural and historical contexts, though the word viiskümne itself is simply the linguistic representation of this numerical value within the Estonian language.