Hundert

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See also: hundert and hûndert

German

Etymology

Nominalization of hundert, which see.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊndərt/,
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Noun

Hundert n (strong or mixed, genitive Hunderts, plural (see usage notes) Hundert or Hunderte or Hunderten)

  1. hundred (set or unit of one hundred items)
    ein halbes Hundert ― half a hundred
    Nach dem ersten Hundert habe ich noch zwei weitere Hundert bestellt.
    After the first hundred I ordered two more hundreds .
  2. (in the plural) hundreds, a lot (unspecified large quantity)
    Es gibt Hunderte (von) Sorten. ― There are hundreds of varieties.
    Es gibt viele Hundert(e) (von) Sorten. ― There are many hundreds of varieities.
    Die Hunderte(n) (von) Sorten sind kaum zu unterscheiden. ― The hundreds of varieities are hardly distinguishable.
    • 2014, Der Spiegel‎, number 21/2014, page 62:
      Aber erst in Beirut lernte sie, wie professionelles Kochen geht, die Logistik, das Timing, die Organisation, um mehrere Hundert Mahlzeiten zuzubereiten.
      But not until Beirut she learned how professional cooking works, the logistics, the timing, the organization for preparing several hundred meals.

Usage notes

  • In sense 1, the plural is always unchanged. In sense 2, it can be unchanged optionally after an indefinite numeral such as viele or etliche. Otherwise the standard plural for sense 2 is Hunderte. However, it is also fairly common to use adjectival declension in the plural, meaning that the form becomes Hunderten after articles and determiners, otherwise Hunderte.
  • A following noun may be added as an apposition or with von (“of”).

Declension

Declension of Hundert
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Hundert die Hundert, Hunderte, Hunderten
genitive eines des Hunderts der Hundert, Hunderte, Hunderten
dative einem dem Hundert den Hundert, Hunderten
accusative ein das Hundert die Hundert, Hunderte, Hunderten

Derived terms

Noun

Hundert f (genitive Hundert, plural Hunderten)

  1. hundred (the number)
    (Die) Hundert ist die Quadratzahl von 10.
    Hundred is the square of 10.
    Was bedeutet die Hundert, die du hier aufgeschrieben hast?
    What does this hundred mean that you wrote down here?

Declension

Declension of Hundert
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Hundert die Hunderten
genitive einer der Hundert der Hunderten
dative einer der Hundert den Hunderten
accusative eine die Hundert die Hunderten

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