a thousand times / thousandfold
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a thousand times
Used as a strong exaggeration to express that something happens very often or occurs in very large numbers.
Ich habe dich schon tausendfach gebeten, die Schuhe wegzuräumen.
I've asked you a thousand times already to put your shoes away.
The word is made up of 'tausend' (thousand) and the ending '-fach'. The ending '-fach' means '-times' or '-fold' and is attached to numbers to express multiplication.
Der Gewinn war tausendfach höher als der Einsatz.
The profit was a thousand times higher than the stake.
The literal meaning ('exactly 1000 times') is often found in technical or factual contexts. The figurative meaning ('very often') is usually used as an exaggeration in emotional everyday language.
Das Mikroskop ermöglicht eine tausendfache Vergrößerung.
The microscope enables thousandfold magnification.
'Tausendfach' (a thousand times / thousandfold) can be used as an adverb and then remains unchanged. But it can also stand as an adjective before a noun and is then declined.
Dieses Lied wurde bereits tausendfach im Radio gespielt.
This song has already been played a thousand times on the radio.
In its exaggerated meaning, 'tausendfach' (a thousand times) is often combined with verbs of saying or experiencing, for example 'tausendfach gesagt' (said a thousand times), 'tausendfach gehört' (heard a thousand times), or 'tausendfach erlebt' (experienced a thousand times).
Diese Geschichte habe ich schon tausendfach gehört.
I've heard this story a thousand times already.
simple / just
'einfach' and 'tausendfach' can be opposites when it comes to number or repetition. In that case, 'einfach' means: once or in a single version. 'tausendfach' means either exactly a thousand times or, more often in everyday language, very often and in very large numbers. They can be confusing because 'einfach' usually means 'easy'. But in connection with words like 'zweifach', 'vierfach', or 'tausendfach', it is about quantity, not difficulty.
Dieses Lied wurde im Internet tausendfach geteilt.
This song was shared thousands of times on the internet.
Das Team braucht die Liste nur einfach, eine zweite Kopie ist nicht nötig.
The team only needs one copy of the list; a second copy is not necessary.