Numbers 1000+ (Tisuće, Milijuni)
Grammar Rule in 30 Seconds
In Croatian, numbers like 1000 (tisuća) and 1,000,000 (milijun) act as nouns, requiring specific cases for the words following them.
- Use 'tisuću' for 1000 in most sentences; it acts like a feminine noun ending in -a.
- Numbers ending in 2, 3, 4 take the Genitive Singular (tisuće, milijuna).
- Numbers ending in 5-0 (and 11-14) take the Genitive Plural (tisuća, milijuna).
Agreement of Tisuća and Milijun
| Number | Form of Tisuća (Fem.) | Form of Milijun (Masc.) | Case of Following Noun |
|---|---|---|---|
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1
|
tisuću / jedna tisuća
|
jedan milijun
|
Nominative Singular
|
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2, 3, 4
|
tisuće
|
milijuna
|
Genitive Singular
|
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5 - 20
|
tisuća
|
milijuna
|
Genitive Plural
|
|
21
|
tisuću / jedna tisuća
|
jedan milijun
|
Nominative Singular
|
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22, 23, 24
|
tisuće
|
milijuna
|
Genitive Singular
|
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100
|
tisuća
|
milijuna
|
Genitive Plural
|
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1,000,000
|
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|
milijun
|
Genitive Plural (for the noun)
|
Common Abbreviations
| Full Word | Abbreviation | Usage |
|---|---|---|
|
tisuća
|
tis.
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Formal documents, lists
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milijun
|
mil.
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Finance, news headlines
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milijarda
|
mlrd.
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Economics, government budgets
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Meanings
The system for expressing quantities of one thousand or more, involving the nouns 'tisuća' (1,000), 'milijun' (1,000,000), and 'milijarda' (1,000,000,000).
Exact Quantities
Used for precise counting in statistics, finance, and mathematics.
“Dug iznosi tri milijuna eura.”
“Prodali smo pet tisuća ulaznica.”
Approximate Large Amounts
Using plural forms to suggest 'thousands' or 'millions' of something without a specific number.
“Tisuće ljudi su prosvjedovale.”
“Milijuni zvijezda sjaje na nebu.”
Historical Years
Expressing years in the second millennium and beyond.
“Rođen je tisuću devetsto devedesete godine.”
“Sveučilište je osnovano dvije tisuće pete.”
Reference Table
| Quantity | Croatian Phrase | Grammar Note |
|---|---|---|
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1,000
|
tisuću eura
|
Accusative used as numeral
|
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2,000
|
dvije tisuće eura
|
Genitive Singular of 'tisuća'
|
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5,000
|
pet tisuća eura
|
Genitive Plural of 'tisuća'
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1,000,000
|
milijun eura
|
Nominative Singular noun
|
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2,000,000
|
dva milijuna eura
|
Genitive Singular of 'milijun'
|
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5,000,000
|
pet milijuna eura
|
Genitive Plural of 'milijun'
|
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1,000,000,000
|
milijarda eura
|
Feminine noun (Billion)
|
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2,000,000,000
|
dvije milijarde eura
|
Genitive Singular of 'milijarda'
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औपचारिकता का स्तर
Posjedujem tisuću eura. (financial status)
Imam tisuću eura. (financial status)
Imam soma eura. (financial status)
Imam milju. (financial status)
The 1-24-5 Rule for Big Numbers
Ends in 1
- tisuću 1,000
- milijun 1,000,000
Ends in 2, 3, 4
- tisuće thousands (Gen. Sg.)
- milijuna millions (Gen. Sg.)
Ends in 5-0 / 11-14
- tisuća thousands (Gen. Pl.)
- milijuna millions (Gen. Pl.)
Gender of Units
स्तर के अनुसार उदाहरण
To košta tisuću eura.
That costs a thousand euros.
Imam tisuću prijatelja.
I have a thousand friends.
On živi u tisuću kvadrata.
He lives in a thousand square meters.
Jedan milijun je puno.
One million is a lot.
Grad ima dvije tisuće ljudi.
The town has two thousand people.
Danas je pet tisuća koraka.
Today is five thousand steps.
Auto košta deset tisuća eura.
The car costs ten thousand euros.
Imamo tri milijuna dolara.
We have three million dollars.
U dvorani je bilo četiri tisuće gledatelja.
There were four thousand spectators in the hall.
Hrvatska ima oko četiri milijuna stanovnika.
Croatia has about four million inhabitants.
Zaradili su osam tisuća eura prošli mjesec.
They earned eight thousand euros last month.
Projekt košta dvanaest milijuna kuna.
The project costs twelve million kuna.
Više od pedeset tisuća prosvjednika izašlo je na ulice.
More than fifty thousand protesters took to the streets.
Tvrtka je ostvarila profit od dvjesto milijuna eura.
The company made a profit of two hundred million euros.
Udaljenost do Mjeseca je tri tisuće osamsto kilometara.
The distance to the Moon is three thousand eight hundred kilometers.
Kupili su stan za tri stotine tisuća eura.
They bought an apartment for three hundred thousand euros.
S nekoliko tisuća eura duga, situacija je ozbiljna.
With a few thousand euros of debt, the situation is serious.
Govorimo o milijunima tona otpada godišnje.
We are talking about millions of tons of waste annually.
Tisućama godina ljudi su promatrali zvijezde.
For thousands of years, people have observed the stars.
Donacija od pet milijuna osamsto tisuća kuna je odobrena.
A donation of five million eight hundred thousand kuna has been approved.
Unatoč trima milijunima uloženih sredstava, projekt je propao.
Despite the three million of invested funds, the project failed.
Radi se o desecima tisuća mikroskopskih čestica.
It is about tens of thousands of microscopic particles.
Povijest se proteže kroz mnoga tisućljeća.
History stretches through many millennia.
Usporedba između dvaju milijuna i triju milijuna je zanemariva.
The comparison between two million and three million is negligible.
आसानी से भ्रमित होने वाले
Learners hear both and don't know which to use.
The English 'billion' is the Croatian 'milijarda'.
सामान्य गलतियाँ
jedan tisuća
tisuću
dva tisuća
dvije tisuće
milijun ljudi
milijun ljudi
tisuća eura
tisuću eura
pet tisuće
pet tisuća
dvanaest tisuće
dvanaest tisuća
tri milijun
tri milijuna
s pet tisuća eura
s pet tisuća eura
dvije milijuna
dva milijuna
tisuću i jedan noći
tisuću i jedna noć
वाक्य संरचनाएँ
Grad ima ___ tisuća stanovnika.
To košta ___ milijuna eura.
Prije ___ tisuće godina, ovdje je bila šuma.
Real World Usage
Kuća košta tristo tisuća eura.
Vlada je uložila milijun eura u školstvo.
Ovaj video ima pet milijuna pregleda!
To se dogodilo prije dvije tisuće godina.
Letimo na deset tisuća metara visine.
Naš godišnji promet je pedeset milijuna eura.
The '2-3-4' Finger Rule
Watch the Teens!
Use 'oko' for safety
Tisuća vs Hiljada
Smart Tips
Think of the letter 'E' for thousands (tisuće) and 'A' for millions (milijuna).
Always use 'tisuću' as a block for 1000.
Treat it exactly like the word 'prozor' (window) for endings.
The 'thousand' part stays cardinal, only the last part is ordinal.
उच्चारण
Long 'a' in Genitive Plural
The final 'a' in 'tisuća' (5,000) is held longer than in 'tisuća' (1,000).
Stress on 'milijun'
The stress is on the second syllable.
Rising on numbers
Imam PET tisuća ↑
Emphasizing the quantity.
याद करें
स्मृति सहायक
Remember '2-3-4 is E or A': tisućE (fem) or milijunA (masc). Everything else is usually Genitive Plural.
दृश्य संबंध
Imagine a '2-3-4' shaped key opening a small door (Genitive Singular) and a '5-9' shaped key opening a large gate (Genitive Plural).
Rhyme
Za dva, tri, četiri - tisuće piši, za pet i više - tisuća diši.
Story
A queen (Tisuća) has 2, 3, or 4 daughters (tisuće). But once she has 5 or more, they all become a large army (tisuća - long plural).
Word Web
चैलेंज
Look at a news website in Croatian and find 5 numbers over 1000. Write down the noun that follows them and identify its case.
सांस्कृतिक नोट्स
In Croatia, 'tisuća' is the only standard word. Using 'hiljada' is often perceived as a Serbian or Bosnian influence, though it is understood.
In Zagreb and continental Croatia, 'som' (catfish) is slang for 1000, while 'milja' is used for both a thousand and a million depending on context.
Before the Euro, Croatians used Kuna. Large numbers were very common in daily life due to the exchange rate (e.g., 1000 Kuna was about 130 Euro).
The word 'tisuća' is of Slavic origin (Proto-Slavic *tysǫti), while 'milijun' is a loanword from Italian 'milione'.
बातचीत की शुरुआत
Koliko stanovnika ima tvoj rodni grad?
Koliko košta tvoj auto iz snova?
Koliko bi novca želio zaraditi na lutriji?
Koliko je ljudi bilo na zadnjem koncertu na kojem si bio?
डायरी विषय
सामान्य गलतियाँ
Test Yourself
Imam ___ eura.
U gradu živi pet ___ ljudi.
Find and fix the mistake:
On ima deset tisuće dolara.
How do you say 'Three million euros'?
Answer starts with: Tri...
Match each item on the left with its pair on the right:
milijuna / on / tri / eura / ima
The word 'milijarda' (billion) is a masculine noun.
A: Koliko košta taj stan? B: Košta dvjesto ___ eura.
Score: /8
अभ्यास प्रश्न
8 exercisesImam ___ eura.
U gradu živi pet ___ ljudi.
Find and fix the mistake:
On ima deset tisuće dolara.
How do you say 'Three million euros'?
1000, 2000, 5000
milijuna / on / tri / eura / ima
The word 'milijarda' (billion) is a masculine noun.
A: Koliko košta taj stan? B: Košta dvjesto ___ eura.
Score: /8
अक्सर पूछे जाने वाले सवाल (8)
Yes, but `tisuću` is much more common in spoken Croatian when counting or giving prices.
Because `tisuća` is a feminine noun and `milijun` is a masculine noun. Numbers 2, 3, 4 must match the gender.
It's not 'wrong' in terms of being understood, but in Croatia, `tisuća` is the standard and preferred word.
The noun that follows will be in Nominative Singular because the last digit is 1: `milijun i jedna ruža`.
In basic B1 speech, no. But in formal writing, numbers can decline (e.g., 's tisućama ljudi').
Use `milijarde`. For example, 'osam milijardi ljudi' (eight billion people).
`Tisuća` is the nominative noun, while `tisuću` is the accusative form often used as a fixed numeral.
Always use the Genitive case (singular or plural depending on the number).
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In Other Languages
thousand / million
Croatian uses cases; English does not.
tausend / Million
German compounds numbers into one word; Croatian keeps them separate.
mil / millón
Spanish 'mil' never changes; Croatian 'tisuća' does.
тысяча (tysyacha)
Stress patterns and specific case endings.
ألف (alf) / مليون (milyun)
Arabic uses a dual case; Croatian uses Genitive Singular for 2.
千 (qiān) / 百万 (bǎiwàn)
The entire counting unit system is different (10k vs 1k).
