mängd

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Germanic *managiþō, possibly through Danish mængde.[1] Compare Norwegian Nynorsk mengd.

Pronunciation
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Noun

mängd c

  1. an amount; a quantity or a volume
    En stor mängd sand
    Lots of sand
  2. a crowd; a number of things collected
    En mängd leksaker lades under dynorna där barnen lekte.
    A crowd of toys were pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing.
    Barnet hade lagt mängder av dockor bredvid sig i sängen.
    The child had put loads of dolls next to it in the bed.
  3. a crowd; a large congregated group of people
    Så fort dörrarna öppnades strömmade mängden in.
    As soon as the doors were opened the crowd streamed inside.
  4. (mathematics) a set
    Mängden av de reella talen.
    The set of the real numbers.

Declension
Declension of mängd 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mängd mängden mängder mängderna
Genitive mängds mängdens mängders mängdernas

Derived terms

References
  1. “mängd”, in Svenska Akademiens Ordbok, 1945

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