| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
thousand,
a thousand,
one thousand,
1000 n | invariable (cardinal number: 1000) | tusen s |
| Anmärkning: "a thousand" is used generally; "one thousand" is used to emphasize the precise amount |
| | Three thousand came to the concert. |
thousand,
a thousand,
one thousand,
1000 pron | invariable (people, things: 1000 of them) | tusen pron |
| | Zoe counted the books on her shelves and was amazed to find she had a thousand. |
| the thousands npl | (numbers: 1000 to 9999) | i tusental prep + s |
| | The population of this small island is somewhere in the thousands. |
| thousands npl | (thousands in number) | tusentals spl |
| | Protestors turned up at the march in their thousands. |
| thousands of [sth/sb] adj | (amounting to thousands) | tusen av ngt adj + prep |
| | There are thousands of different recipes to make soup. |
thousand,
a thousand,
one thousand,
1000 adj | invariable (amounting to 1000) | tusen adj |
| | Three thousand people came to the concert. |
| a thousand adj | figurative, informal (very large number) (bildligt) | tusentals adv |
| | I can think of a thousand reasons why you shouldn't split up with Dave. |
| thousands of [sth] adj | figurative, informal (very large number) (bildlig) | tusen av ngt adj + prep |
| | I threw the pigeon a few crumbs and thousands of his friends appeared! |