several

several
1. adverb
1) (a few) mehrere; einige

several times — mehrmals; mehrere od. einige Male

several more copies — noch einige Exemplare mehr

2) (separate, diverse) verschieden
2. pronoun
einige

several of us — einige von uns

several of the buildings — einige od. mehrere [der] Gebäude

* * *
['sevrəl] 1. adjective
(more than one or two, but not a great many: Several weeks passed before he got a reply to his letter.) mehrere
2. pronoun
(some or a few: Several of them are ill; Of the eggs, several were broken.) mehrere
* * *
sev·er·al
[ˈsevərəl]
I. adj inv
1. (some) einige; (various) verschiedene
I've seen ‘Gone with the Wind’ \several times ich habe ‚Vom Winde verweht‘ ein paar Mal gesehen
he is the author of \several books er ist Autor mehrerer Bücher
we saw \several students wir sahen einige Studenten
to have \several reasons for doing sth verschiedene Gründe haben, etw zu tun
2. attr (form liter: respective) jeweilige; (distinct) verschiedene
they decided to go their \several ways sie beschlossen, getrennte Wege zu gehen
the two levels of government sort out their \several responsibilities die beiden Regierungsebenen klären ihre jeweiligen Zuständigkeiten ab
II. pron ein paar
you can take one of these brochures if you want to — we've got \several Sie können eine dieser Broschüren mitnehmen, wenn Sie wollen — wir haben ein paar davon
I offered him one piece of candy but he took \several ich bot ihm ein Bonbon an, aber er nahm mehrere
\several of us want to go to the movies tonight einige von uns wollen heute Abend ins Kino gehen
\several of the new books are worth reading einige der neuen Bücher sind lesenswert
* * *
['sevrəl]
1. adj
1) (= some) einige, mehrere; (= different, diverse, various) verschiedene

I went with several others — ich ging mit einigen or ein paar anderen zusammen

I've seen him several times/several times already —

there are several ways of doing it — das kann man auf mehrere or verschiedene Arten machen

I'll need several more — ich brauche noch einige

2) (dated: respective) jeweilig

they went their several ways — jeder ging seinen Weg, sie gingen ihrer Wege (old)

2. pron
einige

several of the houses — einige (der) Häuser

several of us — einige von uns

* * *
several [ˈsevrəl]
A adj (adv → academic.ru/66237/severally">severally)
1. mehrere:
after several warnings nach mehrmaliger Warnung; → time A 22
2. verschieden, getrennt (Anlässe etc)
3. einzeln, verschieden (Gründe etc):
each several ship jedes einzelne Schiff
4. eigen(er, e, es), besonder(er, e, es):
we went our several ways
a) wir gingen unseres Wegs,
b) fig wir gingen jeder seinen (eigenen) Weg; → joint B 1
B s mehrere pl:
several of you
* * *
1. adverb
1) (a few) mehrere; einige

several times — mehrmals; mehrere od. einige Male

several more copies — noch einige Exemplare mehr

2) (separate, diverse) verschieden
2. pronoun
einige

several of us — einige von uns

several of the buildings — einige od. mehrere [der] Gebäude

* * *
adj.
besonders adj.
eigen adj.
einzeln adj.
etlich adj.
getrennt adj.
mehrer adj.
verschieden adj. n.
verschiedentlich adj.

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