No. 8,237 in German
jahrtausenden
"Jahrtausenden" means "millennia" in English.
In a sentence
Die Pyramiden von Gizeh stehen seit Jahrtausenden.
The Pyramids of Giza have stood for millennia.
In this sentence, 'jahrtausenden' refers to the timespan of thousands of years during which the pyramids have existed till now.
In den Jahrtausenden der Menschheitsgeschichte gab es viele bedeutende Erfindungen.
In the millennia of human history, there have been many important inventions.
Here, 'jahrtausenden' implies many periods of a thousand years throughout the history of humanity.
Dieses Wissen hat sich über Jahrtausenden hinweg weiterentwickelt.
This knowledge has evolved over millennia.
In this context, 'jahrtausenden' indicates the span of multiple thousands of years across which knowledge has developed.
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