tvö þúsund

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  1,000 2,000 3,000  → 
200
    Cardinal: tvö þúsund
    Ordinal: tvöþúsundasti
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2000.
    Fractional: tvöþúsundasti

Etymology

Literally, “two thousand”.

Numeral

tvö þúsund (indeclinable)

  1. two thousand

Usage notes

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