Word
Stanovništvo grada iznosi četiristo tisuća.
Meaning
The city's population amounts to four hundred thousand.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Stanovništvo grada iznosi četiristo tisuća.
grad
city
tisuća
thousand
iznositi
to amount to
stanovništvo
population
Questions & Answers about Stanovništvo grada iznosi četiristo tisuća.
Why is it četiristo written as one word, and could I say četiri stotine instead?
Yes! For hundreds, you can use either the single compounded word ending in -sto (like četiristo) or two separate words using the noun stotina (like četiri stotine). Both are correct and very common.
Why does tisuća look like it is in the singular form when the number is so large?
It is actually in the genitive plural! The word for thousand, tisuća, is a feminine noun. Because it follows četiristo (a round hundred, which triggers the same rules as numbers 5 and above), it must take the genitive plural. The genitive plural of tisuća just happens to be spelled exactly the same as its nominative singular.
Why is grad written as grada here?
grada is in the genitive case, meaning 'of the city'. In Croatian, when one noun belongs to or describes another (like 'the population of the city'), the second noun takes the genitive case.
How is the word stanovništvo formed?
It is built from the noun stanovnik, which means 'inhabitant' or 'resident'. The suffix -štvo is used to create collective neuter nouns, turning individual residents into the collective 'population'.