vierzigtausend
German, number/ˌfiːɐ̯.sɪçˈtaʊz.n̩t/
vierzigtausend is spelled V-I-E-R-Z-I-G-T-A-U-S-E-N-D (14 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vierzigtausend is a German number meaning “forty thousand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Kardinalzahl zwischen 39.999 und 40.001; 40000”.
What does vierzigtausend mean in English?
number
- 1
forty thousand
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
number: 1. die Kardinalzahl zwischen 39.999 und 40.001; 40000
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce vierzigtausend?
- /ˌfiːɐ̯.sɪçˈtaʊz.n̩t/
- [ˌfiːɐ̯.sɪkˈtaʊz.n̩t]
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Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vierzigtausend in German?
vierzigtausend appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).