d'Milliard
[mili̯ˈaːʀt]
billion (a thousand million)
Good to know
Plural: d'Milliarden.
Example
De Verloscht chiffréiert sech op méi ewéi dräi Milliarden Euro.
The loss comes to more than three billion euros.
Taught in A2 · Numbers: ordinals, prices and big numbers
First, second, third: say the order of things and the date. Read prices in euros and cents, and numbers from hundreds up to millions.
Other words in this lesson
- éischt — first
- zweet — second
- drëtt — third
- véiert — fourth
- fënneft — fifth
- sechst — sixth
- siwent — seventh
- néngt — ninth
- zéngt — tenth
- d'Millioun — million
- den Euro — euro
- de Cent — cent
- kaschten — to cost
- de Präis — price
- d'Zuel — number
- d'Nummer — number (house, telephone)
- d'Telefonsnummer — phone number
- d'Versammlung — meeting
- leien — to lie, to be located
- uschmieren — to con, to dupe
- zwanzegst — twentieth
- feieren — to celebrate
- falen — to fall
- honnertdausend — one hundred thousand