No. 5,638 in Dutch
miljard
The Dutch word "miljard" means "billion" in English (1,000,000,000).
In a sentence
Er zijn meer dan een miljard sterren in de Melkweg.
There are more than a billion stars in the Milky Way.
The word 'miljard' is used as a numerical value denoting one billion in the sentence.
Het kost een miljard euro om deze brug te bouwen.
It costs one billion euros to build this bridge.
Here, 'miljard' indicates a large monetary value signifying one billion euros.
Een miljard is duizend keer groter dan een miljoen.
A billion is a thousand times larger than a million.
In this sentence, 'miljard' is used conceptually to represent the value comparison to another numerical term, 'miljoen' (million).
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