mængde

Danish

Etymology

From mange + -de, either a new formation or inherited from Old Norse *mengd, from Proto-Germanic *managiþō, cognate with Swedish mängd, Dutch menigte, Old English menigdu. Old Icelandic has a different derivation, mengi, from *managį̄, cf. English many (the noun), German Menge and Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹 (managei).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛŋˀd̥ə]

Noun

mængde c (singular definite mængden, plural indefinite mængder)

  1. amount, quantity
  2. number
  3. crowd
  4. (set theory) set

Inflection

References

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