Vocabulary
die
Milliarde
/mɪˈli̯aʁdə/· noun· Pl. die Milliarden
billion (1,000,000,000)
Die Milliarde — a thousand million; careful: the German Billion is a million million.
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- Singular
- die Milliarde
- Plural
- die Milliarden
- Genitiv
- der Milliarde
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Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Milliarde
billion
Die Stadt investiert eine Milliarde Euro.
The city is investing a billion euros.
Word family
Milliardedie Millionmilliondie Billiontrillionder Milliardärbillionaire
Common combinations
- eine Milliarde Euroa billion euros
- Milliarden Menschenbillions of people
- in die Milliarden gehento run into billions
Common learner mistakes
- Das kostet zwei Billionen Euro (meaning two billion).Das kostet zwei Milliarden Euro.English billion = German Milliarde; German Billion = English trillion.
Real examples
- Auf der Erde leben über acht Milliarden Menschen.Over eight billion people live on Earth.
- Das Projekt kostet eine halbe Milliarde.The project costs half a billion.
- Die Firma macht Milliarden Umsatz.The company has a turnover of billions.
