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hun·dreds and ˈthou·sands N

hundreds and thousands pl Brit:

hundreds and thousands
Liebesperlen pl

tens of thousands N

tens of thousands
zehntausende

I. thou·sand [ˈθaʊzənd] N

1. thousand no pl (number):

thousand
Tausend f <-s, -e>
thousand
Tausender m <-s, -> CH
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. thousand no pl (year):

two thousand and one
[das Jahr] zweitausend und eins

3. thousand no pl (quantity):

a thousand pounds
[ein]tausend Pfund

4. thousand pl (lots):

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

II. thou·sand [ˈθaʊzənd] ADJ det, attr, inv

thousand (numbering 1000):

thousand
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

Phrases:

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

I. eight ˈthou·sand ADJ

eight thousand
achttausend

II. eight ˈthou·sand N

eight thousand
Achttausend f
eight thousand
Achttausender m <-s, -> A, CH

Thou·sand Is·land ˈdress·ing N no pl

Thousand Island dressing
Thousand Island Dressing nt

one per thousand N FINMKT

one per thousand
Promille nt

six·ty-four-thou·sand-dol·lar ˈques·tion N inf

sixty-four-thousand-dollar question
alles entscheidende Frage f
sixty-four-thousand-dollar question
Hunderttausend-Euro-Frage f hum