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eight-thousander en · NOUN

Etymology

From eight thousand + -er.

Meanings

1. Any of the fourteen independent mountains on Earth, all located in Asia, that extend more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.
   • To the good fortune of adventure lovers like me, Pakistan is uniquely blessed with an extraordinary array of mountains. It is home to five of the world's fourteen eight-thousanders[.] 2025 December 14, Rana Hassan Javaid, “Conquering Heights: A Soldier's Journey Through Pakistan's Mighty Peaks”, in Hilal English, volume 62, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 54:
   • But most readers will guffaw at the commentary from Messner's waifish young companion, Sabine Stehle ("to basecamp on three eight thousander expeditions"). 1968, American Alpine Club, The American Alpine Journal:
   • From then on I have been waiting for a new opportunity to enjoy them more intensively than through a view from the summit of an eight-thousander. 1998, Reinhold Messner, The Crystal Horizon:
   • The challenge we had set ourselves was to climb this eight-thousander as a twosome, without a large expedition, without high-altitude porters or oxygen gear... 1991, Kurt Diemberger, Audrey Salkeld, The endless knot: K2, mountain of dreams and destiny:
   • If you judge countries purely by their mountainous terrain, Finland is a bit of a loser. Halti, Finland's tallest, is around 1,324 meters, or about 4,340 feet, making it a "one-thousander" as it is over a thousand meters above sea level. That may sound impressive, but bear in mind that the tallest peak in the United States is a six-thousander and Mount Everest is a eight-thousander. 2015 December 18, Adam Taylor, “The Norwegian plan to gift Finland a mountain”, in The Washington Post:

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Translations (8)

nl achtduizender (a mountain extending more than 8000 metres above sea level) · es ochomil (a mountain extending more than 8000 metres above sea level) · cs osmitisícovka (a mountain extending more than 8000 metres above sea level) · sk osemtisícovka (a mountain extending more than 8000 metres above sea level) · eu zortzimilako (a mountain extending more than 8000 metres above sea level) · pl ośmiotysięcznik (a mountain extending more than 8000 metres above sea level) · ru восьмитысячник (a mountain extending more than 8000 metres above sea level) · de Achttausender (a mountain extending more than 8000 metres above sea level)