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An example use of tausend in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:
“… zwischen 15 und 25 tausend euro für ein …”
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the word tausend occurs in german on average 34.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.