This is the 5638th most frequent Dutch word.
miljard
The Dutch word "miljard" means "billion" in English (1,000,000,000).
The word 'miljard' is used as a numerical value denoting one billion in the sentence.
Er zijn meer dan een miljard sterren in de Melkweg.
There are more than a billion stars in the Milky Way.
Here, 'miljard' indicates a large monetary value signifying one billion euros.
Het kost een miljard euro om deze brug te bouwen.
It costs one billion euros to build this bridge.
In this sentence, 'miljard' is used conceptually to represent the value comparison to another numerical term, 'miljoen' (million).