Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
2,000 Milliarden
English translation:
2 trillion (US specific)
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Rebecca Holmes
Nov 21, 2002 14:41
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German term
United States
2,000 Milliarden
German to English
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Is 2,000 Milliarden = 2 trillion?? What would be the best way to express this in English?
Help -- am language person, highly math-impaired.
Help -- am language person, highly math-impaired.
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Klaus Herrmann
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2 trillion
2 trillion or 2000 billion. I'm pretty sure 2 trillion is the better way, but you may want to wait for confirmation on that.
As for the math dept.:
2 Milliarden - 2 billion
20 Milliarden - 20 billion
200 Milliarden - 200 billion or 0.2 trillion
2000 Milliarden - 2000 billion or 2 trillion
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Number Size -- How Big Is A Million, Billion, Trillion, ... ?
www.mathnstuff.com/math/spoken/here/2class/10/size.htm
2 trillion is 2,000,000,000,000
is 2 billion thousands
is 2 x 106 x 103
is 2 thousand thousand thousand thousand
is 2 million, millions
is 2 x 106 x 106 = 2 x 1012
As for the math dept.:
2 Milliarden - 2 billion
20 Milliarden - 20 billion
200 Milliarden - 200 billion or 0.2 trillion
2000 Milliarden - 2000 billion or 2 trillion
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Note added at 2002-11-21 14:55:08 (GMT)
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Number Size -- How Big Is A Million, Billion, Trillion, ... ?
www.mathnstuff.com/math/spoken/here/2class/10/size.htm
2 trillion is 2,000,000,000,000
is 2 billion thousands
is 2 x 106 x 103
is 2 thousand thousand thousand thousand
is 2 million, millions
is 2 x 106 x 106 = 2 x 1012
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Kim Metzger
: Yes, since it's in USD.
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jccantrell
: 2 trillion is right on for the USA.
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| agree |
Jennie Sherrick, MA
: for US
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Terry Gilman
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Ron Stelter
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Comment: "Thanks everyone for the helpful math hints! I went ahead and used 2 trillion in the text. You and my husband may very well be right about GDP usually being expressed in thousand billions, Sandra. As this was a Werbetext aiming to attract potential advertisers to German print media I decided to go ahead and use simply "2 trillion", however.
Thanks again to everyone. Have a nice weekend."
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Kim Metzger
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It depends
Making a trillion is harder in the U.K.
Q: The revelation about the difference a few zeros makes depending on which shore you live on was quite interesting. (See link to "Wonderquest: billion" below, which noted that our trillion is equivalent to the U.K. billion.) A trillion in the U.S. is 1 followed by 12 zeros, or 1 x 10 to the 12th. Do our British cousins equate a trillion to 1 followed by 18 zeros, similar to their method of defining a billion? That is, a trillion = tri-million? Just curious, and always enjoying your column.
A: Yes. The British define a trillion as tri-million or three "million" written side by side and meaning a million million million or 1 x 10 to the 18th power. The British method continues:
billion = bi+(m)illon=million million = 1x10 to the 12th
trillion = tri+(m)illon=million million million = 1x10 to the 18th
quadrillion = quad+(m)illon=million million million million = 1x10 to the 24th
centillion = cent+(m)illon=million million . . . million = 1x10 to the 600th
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/wonderquest/2001-04-18-...
Q: The revelation about the difference a few zeros makes depending on which shore you live on was quite interesting. (See link to "Wonderquest: billion" below, which noted that our trillion is equivalent to the U.K. billion.) A trillion in the U.S. is 1 followed by 12 zeros, or 1 x 10 to the 12th. Do our British cousins equate a trillion to 1 followed by 18 zeros, similar to their method of defining a billion? That is, a trillion = tri-million? Just curious, and always enjoying your column.
A: Yes. The British define a trillion as tri-million or three "million" written side by side and meaning a million million million or 1 x 10 to the 18th power. The British method continues:
billion = bi+(m)illon=million million = 1x10 to the 12th
trillion = tri+(m)illon=million million million = 1x10 to the 18th
quadrillion = quad+(m)illon=million million million million = 1x10 to the 24th
centillion = cent+(m)illon=million million . . . million = 1x10 to the 600th
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Note added at 2002-11-21 14:58:38 (GMT)
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/wonderquest/2001-04-18-...
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Gillian Searl
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In UK (officially) 2 billion, in US 2 trillion
According to http://www.jimloy.com/math/billion.htm
in the UK it's not a trillion until it has 18 zeros but just to add spice to life: although an UK billion is supposed to have 12 zeros most British people would recognise a billion as having 9!
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The British National Office of Statistics avoids the issue and quote figures in £ million.
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And in USA http://www.bea.gov/briefrm/tables/ebr1.htm quotes figures in billions, e.g. $3,594.2 billion
in the UK it's not a trillion until it has 18 zeros but just to add spice to life: although an UK billion is supposed to have 12 zeros most British people would recognise a billion as having 9!
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Note added at 2002-11-21 15:03:13 (GMT)
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The British National Office of Statistics avoids the issue and quote figures in £ million.
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Note added at 2002-11-21 15:08:23 (GMT)
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And in USA http://www.bea.gov/briefrm/tables/ebr1.htm quotes figures in billions, e.g. $3,594.2 billion
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USD 2 trillion
definitely 2 trillion in the US
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UK: 2 billions US: 2,000 billions
Ralf is right, GDP is usually expressed in billions
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writeaway
: whatever the case, definitely not is plural when preceded by number
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