þrjú þúsund

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers (edit)
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300
    Cardinal: þrjú þúsund
    Ordinal: þrjúþúsundasti
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3000.
    Fractional: þrjúþúsundasti

Etymology

Literally, “three thousand”.

Numeral

þrjú þúsund (indeclinable)

  1. three thousand

Usage notes

  • þúsund is a neuter noun; thus, it adopts its plural form (also þúsund) and þrír assumes its neuter form þrjú. However, the resulting expression is treated as an indeclinable adjective and remains as such in all grammatical cases, with any associated noun assuming the case required by the syntactic context. Multiples of hundrað (“hundred”) work the same way, but higher numerals are treated as nouns and govern an associated noun in the genitive plural.
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