This is the 3004th most frequent Dutch word.
biljoen
The Dutch word "biljoen" means "trillion" (1,000,000,000,000) in English.
Here, 'biljoen' is used in an economic context to indicate a very large sum of money, specifically one trillion euros in numerical value.
Nederland heeft een jaarlijkse exportwaarde van bijna een biljoen euro.
The Netherlands has an annual export value of nearly one trillion euros.
In this case, 'biljoen' quantifies the national debt, emphasizing its enormous size, equivalent to two trillion.
De totale schuldenlast van dat land is meer dan twee biljoen.
The total debt of that country is more than two trillion.
Here, 'biljoen' is applied within an astronomical framework to describe an incredibly large quantity, trillions of stars.