Swedish number· top 2,000 most common

tusen

thousand/ˈtʉːsɛn/

Meaning

thousand

In Swedish: 1 000

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What does tusen mean?

tusen in a sentence

Vi har tusen kaniner
We have a thousand rabbits

Questions

What does tusen mean in English?

tusen means “thousand”.

Similar words

laxkilo

Origin

From Old Swedish þusand, from Old Norse þúsund, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī.

Nearby common words

tusen is number 1,229 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,225kusin cousin
1,226framåt ahead, forward
1,227vuxen adult
1,228scen stage, scene
1,230upprörd indignant, upset
1,231fågel bird
1,232lärare teacher
1,233föreställa depict, portray

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary