zwei Millionen Menschen
Is the "Millionen" measurement a noun in the above phrase?
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Very similar question.– guidot ♦Commented Mar 14, 2020 at 23:20
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Please don't post link if you can copy-paste the remote content. What if the remote side goes down?– peterhCommented Mar 26, 2020 at 11:18
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Ok I will try not to happen next time– ughi tudhiCommented Mar 26, 2020 at 11:27
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Why not copy-paste the relevant content right now into current question?– Shegit BrahmCommented Mar 26, 2020 at 12:36
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Yes. It is a noun in the above phrase.
Proof lies in the dictionaries: https://www.dwds.de/wb/Million and https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Million
Yes. The pattern is
<number> <unit> <measured item(s)>
Examples are
80 Gramm Schinken
Zwei Liter Milch
Vier Tassen Kaffee
Drei Teelöffel Salz
Zwei Stück Zucker
Sechs Dutzend Eier
Zwei Millionen Euro
In the last examples you see that the unit is a number-nouns, but they still are used as units
answered Mar 12, 2020 at 21:56
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4This lacks an explanation, in which cases the plural for the unit should be preferred, as would apply to Millionen.– guidot ♦Commented Mar 13, 2020 at 9:06
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@guidot: Very easy: All units need to be in singular if <number> equals to 1 (i.e. "ein" or "eine"). In all other cases the unit has to be in plural. All units in my examples are in plural. Commented Mar 14, 2020 at 20:21
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1Seems an oversimplification looking at that answer: e. g. sieben Glas Bier– guidot ♦Commented Mar 14, 2020 at 23:19
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Zwei Millionen Menschen könnte aber Zweimillionen sein, so wie in Zweimillionensiebenhundertvier Menschen oder Zweihundert Euro (Zwei Hundert Euro ja sicherlich nicht, oder nur in sehr seltenen Ausnahmen). Commented Mar 26, 2020 at 17:06