tausendfacher

Tausendfacher is a German adjective and, in certain uses, a noun form, meaning "thousandfold" or "thousands of times." As an adjective or adverb, it denotes a multiplier of 1,000. In everyday language, it is often used hyperbolically to express large scale or intensity, for example "die Nachfrage ist tausendfach gestiegen" or "ein tausendfacher Zuwachs." The form "tausendfacher" is the attributive masculine/neuter form before a noun, and the base form "tausendfach" is common in predicative or adverbial use.

Origin and grammar: derived from tausend (thousand) and fach (fold, times); the element "fach" is used in other multiplies such as millionfach, vielfach. The related noun "das Tausendfache" denotes the thousandfold amount or extent. The term is primarily figurative and common in media, science, and rhetoric rather than in precise mathematics.

Usage notes: while precise scaling depends on context, tausendfach generally signals a factor of 1,000 rather than an exact numeric value. It can describe increases, quantities, or effects that appear amplified by a thousand. The phrase may be considered stylistically strong and is less common in formal statistical reporting.

Examples: "Die Nachfrage ist tausendfach gestiegen." "Der Nutzen ist tausendfach größer als erwartet." "Das Tausendfache an Belegen wurde vorgelegt."