Meanings
thousand (set or unit of one thousand items)
ein halbes Tausendhalf a thousand
in the pluralthousands, a lot (unspecified large quantity)
Es kamen Tausende Zuschauer / von Zuschauern.There were thousands of spectators.
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Noun
cardinal · numeralthousand (the number)
(Die) Tausend ist die kleinste vierstellige Zahl.Thousand is the smallest four-digit number.
Examples
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Tausende Menschen fliehen vor dem Krieg.Thousands of people are fleeing war.
Tausende Satelliten kreisen um die Erde.Thousands of satellites orbit around the earth.