No. 759 in Afrikaans
duisende
Thousands.
In a sentence
Die konsert het duisende mense gelok.
The concert attracted thousands of people.
Used as a general quantifier to denote a large number of individuals.
Die klip is miljoene jare oud, maar dit behoort aan die tyd toe daar duisende verskillende spesies gelewe het.
The rock is millions of years old, but it belongs to a time when there were thousands of different species.
Indicates variety or a large count of items or categories in a specific context.
Hy het duisende redes om gelukkig te wees.
He has thousands of reasons to be happy.
Conveys an exaggerated multitude, used figuratively to emphasize abundance in a positive context.
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