mengde

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

a quantity, an amount · a lot of, masses of · the crowd, the masses · a set (in mathematics)

EtymologyOpphav

av mangmany a, many · much, all sorts of things from mangmany a, many · much, all sorts of things

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

stort kvantum, masse, overflod;
stort antall a large quantity, a mass, an abundance;
a large number
- kjøpe en mengde forskjellige ting to buy a lot of different things
- plukke mengder av blomster to pick masses of flowers
- ha store mengder mat to have large quantities of food
- det kom snø i store mengder snow fell in great quantities
så eller så mye;
kvantum, masse (I)a mass · material, matter · the masses;
antallnumber · quantity such and such an amount;
a quantity, a massmasse (I);
a numberantall
- en passelig mengde fett i kosten a suitable amount of fat in the diet
as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som kalorimengdecalorie content, the number of calories, nedbørmengderainfall, the amount of precipitation
i matematikk: samling av elementer (7)elements in mathematics: a collection of elementselementer (7)
- endelig mengde a finite set
- uendelig mengde an infinite set
- tom mengde the empty set
as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som delmengdea subset
i bestemt form entall: de fleste;
allmennhetenthe general public, massen (I, 3)the mass of the people in the definite singular: most people;
the general publicallmennheten, the mass of the peoplemassen (I, 3)
- skille seg ut fra mengden to stand out from the crowd
- mengdens krav the demands of the masses
i bestemt form entall: samling av mennesker;
folkemassea crowd, a throng, folkemengdea crowd, a throng in the definite singular: a gathering of people;
a large crowdfolkemasse, a crowdfolkemengde
- oppdage en kjenning i mengden to spot an acquaintance in the crowd