diff --git a/Duckling/Numeral/DE/Corpus.hs b/Duckling/Numeral/DE/Corpus.hs
index b051b935..4149ccd5 100644
--- a/Duckling/Numeral/DE/Corpus.hs
+++ b/Duckling/Numeral/DE/Corpus.hs
@@ -143,4 +143,7 @@ allExamples = concat
              [ "1.000.000,00",
                "eine million"
              ]
+  , examples (NumeralValue 2771090092000000.0)
+             [ "zwei billiarden sieben hundert ein und siebzig billionen neunzig milliarden zwei und neunzig millionen"
+             ]
   ]
diff --git a/Duckling/Numeral/DE/Rules.hs b/Duckling/Numeral/DE/Rules.hs
index 1a2ce59c..93581e76 100644
--- a/Duckling/Numeral/DE/Rules.hs
+++ b/Duckling/Numeral/DE/Rules.hs
@@ -201,17 +201,23 @@ rulePowersOfTen :: Rule
 rulePowersOfTen = Rule
   { name = "powers of tens"
   , pattern =
-    [ regex "(hunderte?|tausende?|million(en)?)"
+    [ regex "(hunderte?|tausende?|million(en)?|milliarde(n)?|billion(en)?|billiarde(n)?)"
     ]
   , prod = \tokens -> case tokens of
       (Token RegexMatch (GroupMatch (match:_)):_) -> case Text.toLower match of
-        "hundert"   -> double 1e2 >>= withGrain 2 >>= withMultipliable
-        "hunderte"  -> double 1e2 >>= withGrain 2 >>= withMultipliable
-        "tausend"   -> double 1e3 >>= withGrain 3 >>= withMultipliable
-        "tausende"  -> double 1e3 >>= withGrain 3 >>= withMultipliable
-        "million"   -> double 1e6 >>= withGrain 6 >>= withMultipliable
-        "millionen" -> double 1e6 >>= withGrain 6 >>= withMultipliable
-        _           -> Nothing
+        "hundert"    -> double 1e2  >>= withGrain 2  >>= withMultipliable
+        "hunderte"   -> double 1e2  >>= withGrain 2  >>= withMultipliable
+        "tausend"    -> double 1e3  >>= withGrain 3  >>= withMultipliable
+        "tausende"   -> double 1e3  >>= withGrain 3  >>= withMultipliable
+        "million"    -> double 1e6  >>= withGrain 6  >>= withMultipliable
+        "millionen"  -> double 1e6  >>= withGrain 6  >>= withMultipliable
+        "milliarde"  -> double 1e9  >>= withGrain 9  >>= withMultipliable
+        "milliarden" -> double 1e9  >>= withGrain 9  >>= withMultipliable
+        "billion"    -> double 1e12 >>= withGrain 12 >>= withMultipliable
+        "billionen"  -> double 1e12 >>= withGrain 12 >>= withMultipliable
+        "billiarde"  -> double 1e15 >>= withGrain 15 >>= withMultipliable
+        "billiarden" -> double 1e15 >>= withGrain 15 >>= withMultipliable
+        _            -> Nothing
       _ -> Nothing
   }