Tausend

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German

Etymology

Nominalization of tausend. The interjection is short either for potz tausend Teufel (16th century) or for Middle High German tūsentlisteler, later Tausendkünstler (the devil as a master of a thousand ruses, arts).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ̯zənt/,
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  • Hyphenation: Tau‧send

Noun

Tausend n (strong or mixed, genitive Tausends, plural (see usage notes) Tausend or Tausende or Tausenden)

  1. thousand (set or unit of one thousand items)
    ein halbes Tausendhalf a thousand
    Nach dem ersten Tausend habe ich noch zwei weitere Tausend bestellt.
    After the first thousand I ordered two more thousands .
  2. (in the plural) thousands, a lot (unspecified large quantity)
    Es kamen Tausende Zuschauer / von Zuschauern.
    There were thousands of spectators.
    Es kamen viele Tausend(e) Zuschauer / von Zuschauern.
    There were many thousands of spectators.
    Das Spiel begeisterte die Tausende(n) Zuschauer / von Zuschauern.
    The match enthralled the thousands of spectators.

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 Tausende. However, it is also fairly common to use adjectival declension in the plural, meaning that the form becomes Tausenden after articles and determiners, otherwise Tausende.
  • A following noun may be added as an apposition or with von (of).

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Noun

Tausend f (genitive Tausend, plural Tausenden)

  1. (cardinal number) thousand (the number)
    (Die) Tausend ist die kleinste vierstellige Zahl.
    Thousand is the smallest four-digit number.
    Was bedeutet die Tausend, die du hier aufgeschrieben hast?
    What does this thousand mean that you wrote down here?

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Interjection

Tausend!

  1. (minced oath, colloquial, dated) euphemistic form of Teufel! (devil!)

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