fimm þúsund

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers (edit)
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500
    Cardinal: fimm þúsund
    Ordinal: fimmþúsundasti
    Ordinal abbreviation: 5000.
    Fractional: fimmþúsundasti

Etymology

Literally, “five thousand”.

Numeral

fimm þúsund (indeclinable)

  1. five thousand

Usage notes

  • þúsund is a neuter noun; thus, it adopts its plural form (also þúsund). 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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