mengde

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Dutch

mengde

Derived from the determiner mang en (also spelt mangen in Riksmål), a more formal and poetic way of expressing "many".

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

This noun is rarely, if ever, used in the definite plural (mengdene).

berg, bråte, bunke, drøss, dynge, fylde, haug, hav, hop, hopetall, lass, mangfoldighet, masse, mylder, myriade, overflod, overflødighet, rikdom, røys, smale, stim, utall, vrimmel, yrje

antall, beløp, dosis, kvantitet, kvantum, mål, opplag, parti, porsjon, størrelse

From the determiner mang ein

mengde f (definite singular mengda, indefinite plural mengder, definite plural mengdene)