thousand

1. adjective

1) tausend

a or one thousand — eintausend

two/several thousand — zweitausend/mehrere tausend

one and a half thousand — [ein]tausendfünfhundert

a or one thousand and one — [ein]tausend[und]eins

a or one thousand and one people — [ein]tausendundeine Person

2)

a thousand [and one] — (fig.): (innumerable) tausend (ugs.)

a thousand thanks — tausend Dank. See also academic.ru/23561/eight">eight 1.

2. noun

1) (number) tausend

a or one/two thousand — ein-/zweitausend

a thousand and one — [ein]tausend[und]eins

a thousand-to-one chance — eine Chance von tausend zu eins

2) (symbol, written figure) Tausend, die; (in adding numbers by columns) Tausender, der (Math.); (set or group) Tausend, das

3) (indefinite amount) thousands Tausende. See also eight 2. 1)

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1. plurals - thousand, thousands; noun

1) (the number 1,000: one thousand; two thousand; several thousand.) das Tausend

2) (the figure 1,000.) die Tausend

3) (a thousand pounds or dollars: This cost us several thousand(s).) Tausende(pl.)

2. adjective

(1,000 in number: a few thousand people; I have a couple of thousand pounds.) tausend

- thousand-

- thousandth
- thousands of

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thou·sand

[ˈθaʊz^ənd]

I. n

1. no pl (number) Tausend f, Tausender m SCHWEIZ

page/number one \thousand Seite/Nummer [ein]tausend

one \thousand/two \thousand [ein]tausend/zweitausend

as a father, he's one in a \thousand er ist ein fantastischer Vater

2. no pl (year)

two \thousand and one [das Jahr] zweitausend und eins

3. no pl (quantity)

a \thousand pounds [ein]tausend Pfund

4. pl (lots)

▪ \thousands Tausende pl

a crowd of \thousands watched the procession mehrere tausend Menschen kamen zu der Prozession

II. adj det, attr, inv (numbering 1000) tausend

I've said it a \thousand times ich habe es jetzt unzählige Male gesagt

not [or never] in a \thousand years nie im Leben

▶ the sixty-four \thousand dollar question die [alles] entscheidende Frage

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['TaUzənd]

1. adj

tausend

a thousand — (ein)tausend

two thousand — zweitausend

a thousand times — tausendmal

a thousand and one/two — tausend(und)eins/-zwei

I have a thousand and one (different) things to do (inf) —

Thousand Island dressing — Thousand-Islands-Dressing nt

2. n

Tausend nt

the thousands (Math) — die Tausender

there were thousands of people present the year three thousand — es waren Tausende or tausende (von Menschen) anwesend das Jahr dreitausend

people arrived in their thousands — die Menschen kamen zu tausenden or Tausenden

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thousand [ˈθaʊznd]

A adj

1. tausend:

a (one) thousand (ein)tausend;

The Thousand and One Nights Tausendundeine Nacht

2. auch thousand and one fig tausend, unzählige, zahllose:

a thousand apologies;

die a thousand deaths

a) vor Scham fast in den Boden sinken,

b) tausend Ängste ausstehen;

a thousand thanks tausend Dank; → pity A 2

B s

1. Tausend n (Einheit):

thousands Tausende;

many thousands of times vieltausendmal;

they came in their thousands (oder by the thousand) sie kamen zu Tausenden;

one in a thousand ein(er, e, es) unter tausend

2. Tausend f (Zahl)

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1. adjective

1) tausend

a or one thousand — eintausend

two/several thousand — zweitausend/mehrere tausend

one and a half thousand — [ein]tausendfünfhundert

a or one thousand and one — [ein]tausend[und]eins

a or one thousand and one people — [ein]tausendundeine Person

2)

a thousand [and one] — (fig.): (innumerable) tausend (ugs.)

a thousand thanks — tausend Dank. See also eight 1.

2. noun

1) (number) tausend

a or one/two thousand — ein-/zweitausend

a thousand and one — [ein]tausend[und]eins

a thousand-to-one chance — eine Chance von tausend zu eins

2) (symbol, written figure) Tausend, die; (in adding numbers by columns) Tausender, der (Math.); (set or group) Tausend, das

3) (indefinite amount) thousands Tausende. See also eight 2. 1)

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adj.

tausend adj.