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Tausend

noun · /ˈtaʊ̯zənt/ ·
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”).

Translation

  1. thousand (set or unit of one thousand items) mixed, neuter, strong

    ein halbes Tausend

    half a thousand

    Nach dem ersten Tausend habe ich noch zwei weitere Tausend bestellt.

    After the first thousand I ordered two more thousands [packs of a thousand each].

  2. thousand source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  3. thousand source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
  4. thousands, a lot (unspecified large quantity) in-plural, mixed, neuter, strong

    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.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Tausend Tausend
Accusative Tausend Tausend
Dative Tausend Tausend
Genitive Tausends Tausend

die Tausend

noun · /ˈtaʊ̯zənt/ ·
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”).

Translation

  1. thousand (the number) cardinal, feminine, numeral

    (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?

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Tausend Tausenden
Accusative Tausend Tausenden
Dative Tausend Tausenden
Genitive Tausend Tausenden

Tausend

intj · /ˈtaʊ̯zənt/ ·
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”).

Translation

  1. euphemistic form of Teufel! (“devil!”) colloquial, dated, euphemistic, form-of

tausend

num · /ˈtaʊ̯zənt/ ·
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.

Translation

  1. thousand cardinal, numeral
  2. thousand source:wikdict-en-de-stardict