German Conversation · Level 32
91 words
German word
zehntausend
Pronunciation
IPA/ˈt͡seːnˌtaʊ̯zn̩t/
Meaning
- numberten thousand
Example
Das kostet zehntausend Euro.
That costs ten thousand euros.
More examples
Die Stadt hat zehntausend Einwohner.
The city has ten thousand inhabitants.
Core concept
One ten-thousand block made from ten groups of one thousand.
Common phrases
bis zu zehntausend
up to ten thousand
etwa zehntausend
about ten thousand
Similar words
tausend: A number equal to one thousand.
hundert: A number equal to one hundred.
zehn: A number equal to ten.
Definition in German
zehntausend ist die Kardinalzahl für 10000 und ergibt sich aus zehn mal tausend.
Word origin
The compound combines German zehn, meaning ten, with tausend, meaning thousand, so its parts express ten times one thousand.
Usage tips
- German writes this numeral as one lowercase word, zehntausend, except when it begins a sentence.
Related words
- zehntausendfachten-thousandfoldadjective
- Zehntausenderten-thousandernoun