Zwanzigtausend

"Zwanzigtausend" is a German word that translates directly to "twenty thousand" in English. It is commonly used in both spoken and written German, particularly in contexts requiring precise numerical expression. The term combines the ordinal form of the number twenty ("zwanzig") with the suffix "-tausend," which denotes thousands in German.

In formal and informal settings, "zwanzigtausend" is often employed to specify quantities, such as population figures, financial amounts, or other statistical data. For example, one might say "Die Stadt hat zwanzigtausend Einwohner" ("The city has twenty thousand inhabitants"). The number is written as "20.000" in German numerical notation, though the comma is sometimes used as a decimal separator in specific contexts, such as "20.000,00 €" for twenty thousand euros.

The term follows German orthographic rules, where numbers between twenty-one and ninety-nine are written as single words (e.g., "einundzwanzig" for twenty-one), while larger numbers use hyphens or spaces to separate components (e.g., "einundzwanzigtausend" for twenty-one thousand). "Zwanzigtausend" is also used in compound numbers, such as "dreihundertzwanzigtausend" (three hundred twenty thousand).

In literature and popular culture, "zwanzigtausend" occasionally appears in phrases or titles, such as in the 19th-century novel *Zwanzigtausend Meilen unter dem Meer* (*Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea*) by Jules Verne, which was translated into German. The number itself is a fundamental part of the German numerical system, reflecting its structured and systematic approach to language.