# das Tausend

das Tausend is a German noun meaning “thousand”. Forms: des Tausends, die Tausend.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Tausends
- Plural: die Tausend

## In other languages

- Русский: тысяча

## Noun

1. thousand (set or unit of one thousand items)
   - ein halbes Tausend — half a thousand
2. _in the plural_ thousands, a lot (unspecified large quantity)
   - Es kamen Tausende Zuschauer / von Zuschauern. — There were thousands of spectators.

## Noun

1. _cardinal · numeral_ thousand (the number)
   - (Die) Tausend ist die kleinste vierstellige Zahl. — Thousand is the smallest four-digit number.

## Examples

- 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.
- Tausende Menschen sind vor Hunger gestorben. — Thousands of people died of hunger.
- Tausende Ausländer besuchen Japan jedes Jahr. — Thousands of foreigners visit Japan each year.
- Die Fabrik stellt jeden Monat Tausende Flaschen her. — The factory produces thousands of bottles every month.

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