mengde

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

Noun

 * 1) 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
 * 1) 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")
 * 1) 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).

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Derived terms

 * (adverb) = in great numbers
 * (adverb) = in great numbers

Etymology
From the determiner.