mengde
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See also: Cao Cao
Verb
mengde
- inflection of mengen:
Anagrams
Etymology
Derived from the determiner mang en (also spelt mangen in Riksmål), a more formal and poetic way of expressing "many".
Noun
mengde m (definite singular mengden, indefinite plural mengder, definite plural mengdene)
- great number, lots of, numerous (this sense applies to countable nouns)
- det var en mengde med rare gjenstander i rommet = there were a great number of strange objects in the room
- hun kjøpte mengder med blomster = she bought lots of/numerous/a great number of flowers
- amount, quantity (this sense applies to uncountable nouns)
- han åt enorme mengder mat = he ate enormous amounts of food
- det falt snø i store mengder på julaften = a huge amount of snow fell on Christmas Eve (literally: "it fell snow in huge amounts on Christmas Eve")
- crowd, multitude
- han banet seg vei gjennom mengden = he made his way through the crowd
- en stor mengde møtte opp for å demonstrere mot det nye lovforslaget = a huge crowd turned up to protest the new bill (here: proposal for legislation)
- å skille seg ut fra mengden = to stand out from the crowd
Usage notes
This noun is rarely, if ever, used in the definite plural (mengdene).
Synonyms
Derived terms
- folkemengde
- mengdevis (adverb) = in great numbers
- snømengde
- vannmengde
See also
mengd (Nynorsk)
References
- “mengde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Etymology
From the determiner mang ein.
Noun
mengde f (definite singular mengda, indefinite plural mengder, definite plural mengdene)
- alternative form of mengd
Derived terms
References
- “mengde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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