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Mizz14176286yA Billion in german is a Milliarde,
You count like this:
Million, Milliarde (This is where the English billion would be), Billion, Billiarde, Trillion, Trilliarde etc... Easier than ever! -
@Mizz141 how can this be logical to you. Since when we use "Mono", "Randomshit", "Bi", "Randomshit", "Tri",... What the fuck has "Milliarde" to do in there.
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@nitwhiz it's quite logical depending on how you look at it
English:
Million = 1000¹ thousands
Billion = 1000² thousands
German(and Swedish):
Million = 1000000¹
Mill-iarde = 1000000^½
Billion = 1000000² -
tokumei21316yThe 1,000,000^n standard is also used in some contexts in the UK even though they speak English. Theres a numberphile video about it somewhere...
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-vim-31686y@nitwhiz etymologically, the english way is wrong.
Great video about the subject: https://youtu.be/C-52AI_ojyQ -
It's like that in a lot of languages, if anything I think it's the English billion that's the odd one out. As fast as I know all Slavic languages do the same thing.
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So... I read a post on an english community and learn something about my native language...
That's a first for me. -
Luckily these words are only used in publications you shouldn't trust anyway. At least when they write about tech.
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"Billion" doesn't specify the same quantity in German as it does in English.
Heck?
rant
dude
wtf
broken language
back to latin pls
numbers