A large, imprecise number of people or things in the range of several hundred.
Natural examples
Hunderte von Menschen warteten vor dem Stadion.
Hundreds of people waited outside the stadium.
Hunderte kamen zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung.
Hundreds came to the exhibition opening.
Die Helfer verteilten Hunderte warme Mahlzeiten.
Volunteers distributed hundreds of warm meals.
Usage note
The uninflected numeral hundert is lowercase before a noun (hundert Gäste). As an indefinite quantity before a noun, both Hunderte and hunderte are accepted; Duden recommends uppercase (Hunderte/hunderte tote Fliegen). In genitive plural, use Hunderte after a determiner (vieler Hunderte), but Hunderter without one.
Mini-lesson: Hunderte
A large, imprecise number of people or things in the range of several hundred. The uninflected numeral hundert is lowercase before a noun (hundert Gäste). As an indefinite quantity before a noun, both Hunderte and hunderte are accepted; Duden recommends uppercase (Hunderte/hunderte tote Fliegen). In genitive plural, use Hunderte after a determiner (vieler Hunderte), but Hunderter without one.
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