thousand-euro note / thousand
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thousand-euro note
A banknote or bill with a value of 1,000 currency units, especially 1,000 euros or formerly 1,000 Deutsche Marks.
Er zog einen Tausender aus der Brieftasche und bezahlte die Rechnung bar.
He pulled a thousand-euro note out of his wallet and paid the bill in cash.
The word 'Tausender' is derived from the number 'tausend' (thousand) with the ending '-er'. In German, this ending is often used to form nouns from numbers that refer to a particular unit or banknote.
Kannst du mir den Hunderter wechseln?
Can you change this hundred-euro note for me?
In the plural, 'Tausender' is often used colloquially to describe imprecise but large amounts of money. It then means 'several thousand' euros or another currency.
Das neue Dach hat mehrere Tausender gekostet.
The new roof cost several thousand.
The term 'Tausender' for a banknote is mainly common in colloquial language. In more formal contexts, such as at a bank, people would be more likely to say 'Tausend-Euro-Schein' (thousand-euro note).
Hast du zufällig einen Tausender dabei?
Do you happen to have a thousand-euro note on you?
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'tausend' and 'Tausender' are both connected to the number 1000, but they are used differently in grammar and meaning. 'tausend' is the number itself: 'tausend Euro' (one thousand euros), 'tausend Menschen' (one thousand people), 'tausend Fragen' (one thousand questions). 'der Tausender' is a noun. It can mean a banknote with a value of 1000, or a unit or quantity of 1000. In the plural, people also say 'Tausender' when talking about large, imprecise amounts of money. Confusion can arise because both words sound like the same number. As a rule: before a noun, you usually use 'tausend'; as a noun in its own right, you use 'der Tausender'.
Im alten Umschlag fand ich einen Tausender aus D-Mark-Zeiten.
In the old envelope, I found a thousand-mark note from the D-Mark era.
Tausend Besucher kamen im Sommer zu dem Konzert.
A thousand visitors came to the concert in the summer.