Hundert

See also: hundert and hûndert

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German hundert, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German hundert (or possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (< (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”).

Noun

Hundert f (genitive Hundert, plural Hunderte)

1. the number 100 (hundred)

Noun

Hundert n (genitive Hunderts, plural Hunderte)

1. A unity of hundred things.
   • 2014, Der Spiegel, issue 21/2014, page 62:

     Aber erst in Beirut lernte sie, wie professionelles Kochen geht, die Logistik, das Timing, die Organisation, um mehrere Hundert Mahlzeiten zuzubereiten.

     But not until Beirut she learned how professional cooking works, the logistics, the timing, the organization for preparing several hundred meals.

Derived terms

• v. H. (vom Hundert)

Related terms

• hundert