many

many
1. adjective
1) viele; pred. zahlreich

how many people/books? — wie viele od. wieviel Leute/Bücher?

there were as many as 50 of them — es waren mindestens od. bestimmt 50

three accidents in as many days — drei Unfälle in ebenso vielen od. ebenso viel Tagen

there were too many of them — es waren zu viele od. zu viel

one is too many/there is one too many — einer/eine/eins ist zu viel

he's had one too many — (is drunk) er hat einen od. ein Glas zu viel getrunken

2)

many a man — so mancher; manch einer

2. noun
viele [Leute]

many of us — viele von uns

a good/great many [of them/of the books] — eine Menge/eine ganze Reihe [von ihnen/der Bücher]

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['meni] 1. comparative - more; adjective
(a great number of: Many languages are spoken in Africa; There weren't very many people; You've made a great/good many mistakes.) viele
2. pronoun
(a great number: A few people survived, but many died.) viele
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many
[ˈmeni]
I. adj
<more, most>
viele
how \many children? wie viele Kinder?
his vices are \many seine Laster sind zahlreich
moving for the fourth time in as \many months vier Umzüge in genauso [o ebenso] vielen Monaten
II. pron viele
as \many genauso [o ebenso] viele
as \many again nochmals so viele
as \many as ... so viele wie ...
as \many as 6,000 people may have been infected bereits 6.000 Menschen können infiziert sein
there were as \many as 10,000 es waren mindestens 10.000
as \many as we invited came to the party zu der Party kamen so viele Leute, wie wir eingeladen hatten
\many's the ...:
\many's the hour I've waited in vain ich habe viele Stunden vergeblich gewartet
too \many zu viele
\many of sb/sth viele von jdm/etw
a good [or great] \many of sb/sth eine hübsche Zahl von jdm/etw fam
a good \many of us viele von uns
\many a/an ... manch ein/eine ...
\many a man has been destroyed by booze viele Menschen gehen am Alkohol zugrunde
\many a time oft
to have one too \many (fam) einen sitzen haben sl
there's \many a slip between [or twixt] cup and lip (prov) zwischen Theorie und Praxis liegen oft Welten
III. n
the \many pl die Mehrheit
music for the \many Musik für die breite Masse
to be the \many in der Mehrheit sein
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['menɪ]
1. adj, pron
viele

many people — viele (Menschen or Leute)

she has many — sie hat viele (davon)

he hasn't got many — er hat nicht viele (davon)

there were as many as 20 — es waren sogar 20 da

fifty went to France and as many to Germany — fünfzig gingen nach Frankreich und ebenso viele nach Deutschland

as many again —

they are just so many cowards — das sind lauter Feiglinge

there's one too many — einer ist zu viel

he's had one too many (inf) — er hat einen zu viel or einen über den Durst getrunken

they were too many for us — sie waren zu viele or zu zahlreich für uns

he made one mistake too many — er hat einen Fehler zu viel gemacht

a good/great many houses — eine (ganze) Reihe or Anzahl Häuser

many a good soldier — so mancher gute Soldat

many a time —

she waited many a long year (liter) — sie wartete gar manches lange Jahr (liter)

many's the time I've heard that old story — ich habe diese alte Geschichte so manches Mal gehört

2. n

the many — die (große) Masse

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many [ˈmenı]
A adj komp more [mɔː(r); US auch ˈməʊər], sup most [məʊst]
1. viel(e):
many times oft;
his reasons were many and good er hatte viele gute Gründe;
in many respects in vieler Hinsicht;
as many ebenso viel(e);
as many as forty (nicht weniger als) vierzig;
as many again (oder more), twice as many noch einmal so viel;
in so many words wörtlich, ausdrücklich;
he is (not) a man of many words er redet gern (er macht nicht viele Worte, er ist ein schweigsamer Mensch);
they behaved like so many children sie benahmen sich wie (die) Kinder;
too many by half um die Hälfte zu viel;
one too many einer zu viel (überflüssig);
he was one too many for them er war ihnen (allen) über;
he’s had one too many umg er hat einen über den Durst getrunken
2. manch(er, e, es), manch ein(er, e, es):
many a man manch einer;
many another manch anderer;
many (and many) a time zu wiederholten Malen, so manches Mal
B s viele:
the many (als pl konstruiert) die (große) Masse;
many of us viele von uns;
a good many ziemlich viel(e);
a great many sehr viele
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1. adjective
1) viele; pred. zahlreich

how many people/books? — wie viele od. wieviel Leute/Bücher?

there were as many as 50 of them — es waren mindestens od. bestimmt 50

three accidents in as many days — drei Unfälle in ebenso vielen od. ebenso viel Tagen

there were too many of them — es waren zu viele od. zu viel

one is too many/there is one too many — einer/eine/eins ist zu viel

he's had one too many — (is drunk) er hat einen od. ein Glas zu viel getrunken

2)

many a man — so mancher; manch einer

2. noun
viele [Leute]

many of us — viele von uns

a good/great many [of them/of the books] — eine Menge/eine ganze Reihe [von ihnen/der Bücher]

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adj.
viel adj.

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