hunderttausenden
Translation
hundreds of thousands of
Examples
Er sprach vor hunderttausenden Menschen.
He spoke in front of hundreds of thousands of people.
Die Spende half hunderttausenden Familien.
The donation helped hundreds of thousands of families.
Grammar Patterns
((+ plural noun in dative case)) hundreds of thousands of The donation helped hundreds of thousands of families.
Similar Words
Synonyms: unzählige (countless), viele (many)
Etymology
Composed of 'hundert' (hundred) and 'tausend' (thousand). The '-en' ending is an inflection, often for dative plural.
Memory Tips
Think of 'hundred thousand' multiplied. It's used to describe a very large, but not precisely counted, number of things or people.