This is the 8021st most frequent German word.
hunderttausend
One hundred thousand.
Here, 'hunderttausend' quantifies the distance, demonstrating its use in describing measurements in numbers.
Hunderttausend Kilometer entfernt liegt eine unbekannte Galaxie.
A hundred thousand kilometers away lies an unknown galaxy.
'Hunderttausend' expresses a metaphorical large number of options, showing its use in figurative speech.
Er hat hunderttausend Möglichkeiten, diese Aufgabe zu lösen.
He has a hundred thousand possibilities to solve this task.
The term 'hunderttausend' is used as a numeral here to represent the quantity of stars.