Careful! These numbers don’t mean the same thing in German and English.

German:

• Eine Milliarde = 1.000.000.000
• Eine Billion = 1.000.000.000.000

English:

• One billion = 1,000,000,000
• One trillion = 1,000,000,000,000

💡 Quick tip:
German Milliarde = English billion.
German Billion = English trillion.

A small translation mistake could make a very big difference in a financial report!