hundreds of thousands
die Hunderttausende
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hundreds of thousands
A large, unspecified number of people or things, amounting to several hundred thousand.
Hunderttausende Besucherinnen und Besucher füllten die Innenstadt.
Hundreds of thousands of visitors filled the city center.
| plural | die Hunderttausende |
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| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | – | die Hunderttausende |
| accusative | – | die Hunderttausende |
| dative | – | den Hunderttausenden |
| genitive | – | der Hunderttausender |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
'Hunderttausende' is made up of 'hundert' (hundred) and 'tausend' (thousand). The capitalization and the ending '-e' show that the quantity expression is being used as a noun.
In der Stadt feierten Hunderttausende bis spät in die Nacht.
Hundreds of thousands celebrated in the city late into the night.
'Hunderttausende' is often followed by 'von' (of) and a plural group in the dative. It can also be directly combined with a plural noun without 'von'.
Hunderttausende von Menschen verfolgten das Konzert im Internet.
Hundreds of thousands of people watched the concert online.
Hunderttausende Pendler fahren täglich mit der Bahn zur Arbeit.
Hundreds of thousands of commuters take the train to work every day.
'Hunderttausende' is a plural word and refers to a very large number. Therefore, the verb is in the plural.
Trotz des Regens kamen Hunderttausende zur Demonstration.
Despite the rain, hundreds of thousands came to the demonstration.
