mengde

See also: Cao Cao

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).

From the determiner mang ein.

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