Vierteljahrtausend
German, noun/ˌfɪʁtl̩jaːɐ̯ˈtaʊ̯zn̩t/
Vierteljahrtausend is spelled V-I-E-R-T-E-L-J-A-H-R-T-A-U-S-E-N-D (18 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written German, the 564,542nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vierteljahrtausend is a German neuter noun meaning “quarter millenium, 250 years” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zeitraum von 250 Jahren”.
What does Vierteljahrtausend mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterquarter millenium, 250 years
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zeitraum von 250 Jahren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Vierteljahrtausend
- Vierteljahrtausends genitive
- Vierteljahrtausende plural
- Vierteljahrtausenden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vierteljahrtausend?
- /ˌfɪʁtl̩jaːɐ̯ˈtaʊ̯zn̩t/
- [ˌfɪʁtl̩jaːɐ̯ˈtaʊ̯zn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Vierteljahrtausend in German?
Vierteljahrtausend appears about once in every 81 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).