noun
billion (short scale), thousand million
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Milliarde: means a thousand million (short-scale 'billion' in English) or 1,000,000,000. Feminine noun (die Milliarde), plural Milliarden. Regular declension with -n. Note: English 'billion' in short scale equals Milliarde; beware scale differences in older British usage. Not reflexive or prepositional term.
Examples
Das Parlament bewilligte eine Milliarde Euro, obwohl einige Abgeordnete mehr Kontrolle forderten.
Parliament approved one billion euros, although some members demanded more oversight.
Eine Milliarde entspricht tausend Millionen.
One billion equals a thousand million.
Die Firma wurde mit einer Milliarde Euro bewertet.
The company was valued at one billion euros.
Details
Mnemonics
Imagine the number 1 followed by nine zeros with the label 'Milliarde'.
Think 'milli-ard' — a big number, like 'million' but bigger.
DIE Milliarde — picture a grand female trophy representing a huge number (feminine).
Notes
In German 'Milliarde' is 10^9 (short scale 'billion' in English).