tausend

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German

German numbers (edit)
10,000
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100,
    Cardinal: tausend, eintausend
    Ordinal: tausendste
    Sequence adverb: tausendstens
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1000.
    Adverbial: tausendmal
    Multiplier: tausendfach
    Fractional: Tausendstel

Etymology

From Middle High German tūsunt, from Old High German dūsunt, from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī.

Compare Old Saxon thūsund, Dutch duizend, West Frisian tûzen, English thousand, Danish tusind.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ̯zənt/,
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Numeral

tausend

  1. (cardinal number) thousand
    Synonym: eintausend

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Hunsrik

Hunsrik numbers (edit)
10,000
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100,
    Cardinal: tausend, een-tausend, mil
    Ordinal: tausendst

Etymology

Inherited from Central Franconian dausend, from Middle High German tūsunt, from Old High German dūsunt, from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī.[1]

Cognate with German tausend and Luxembourgish dausend.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tausend

  1. thousand
  2. one thousand
    Synonym: een-tausend

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References

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “tausend”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 162