"mang en" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Determiner

Forms: mang en [masculine, singular], mang ei [feminine, singular], mangt [neuter, singular], mangt et [neuter, singular], mange [plural]
Etymology: Compound formed by the words mang (from the Middle Norwegian noun mangr (“huge crowd”)) and the article en ("a/an"), at the same time undergoing influence from words as ingen ("nobody", "no one") and hvilken ("which", "what"), though these two words have not been formed in the same manner. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|gmq-mno|-}} Middle Norwegian, {{m|gmq-mno|mangr||huge crowd}} mangr (“huge crowd”) Head templates: {{head|nb|determiner|masculine singular|mang en|feminine singular|mang ei|neuter singular|mangt|or|mangt et|plural|mange}} mang en (masculine singular mang en, feminine singular mang ei, neuter singular mangt or mangt et, plural mange)
  1. many a; One out of many, many (times) (only the singular form of both the pronoun and the noun is used)
    Sense id: en-mang_en-nb-det-FvKNoz2Z
  2. (somewhat poetic) much, a lot (only the singular neuter form is used, the article is left out and no noun is utilised) Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-mang_en-nb-det-PLuOCP9F
  3. many, several, quite a few, a good many (only the plural form is utilised)
    Sense id: en-mang_en-nb-det--Dtu6gVp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mange, flere, mye, meget, mang ein [Nynorsk], mangen [Riksmål] Derived forms: mangt og meget (english: many things), a great many things (english: much and many) [literally], mengde

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mang en meaning in Norwegian Bokmål (3.4kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "34 34 32",
      "english": "many things",
      "word": "mangt og meget"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 34 32",
      "english": "much and many",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "a great many things"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 34 32",
      "word": "mengde"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "gmq-mno",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Norwegian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-mno",
        "2": "mangr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "huge crowd"
      },
      "expansion": "mangr (“huge crowd”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound formed by the words mang (from the Middle Norwegian noun mangr (“huge crowd”)) and the article en (\"a/an\"), at the same time undergoing influence from words as ingen (\"nobody\", \"no one\") and hvilken (\"which\", \"what\"), though these two words have not been formed in the same manner.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mang en",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mang ei",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mangt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mangt et",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mange",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "10": "mangt et",
        "11": "plural",
        "12": "mange",
        "2": "determiner",
        "3": "masculine singular",
        "4": "mang en",
        "5": "feminine singular",
        "6": "mang ei",
        "7": "neuter singular",
        "8": "mangt",
        "9": "or"
      },
      "expansion": "mang en (masculine singular mang en, feminine singular mang ei, neuter singular mangt or mangt et, plural mange)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Det har hendt mang en gang = it has happened many times"
        },
        {
          "text": "Mang en gang har jeg forsøkt å finne skatten = many times have I attempted to find the treasure"
        },
        {
          "text": "Mang ei/en jente måtte av gårde for å hjelpe til = many girls had to head out to give a hand"
        },
        {
          "text": "Han har tatt mangt et tak = he has made many efforts (literally: \"he has taken many hard holds/initiatives\")"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "many a; One out of many, many (times) (only the singular form of both the pronoun and the noun is used)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mang_en-nb-det-FvKNoz2Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "many a",
          "many a"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Du har mangt å lære, min venn = you have much to learn, my friend"
        },
        {
          "text": "Kjeder du deg? Det er mangt som må gjøres, vet du. = are you bored? There is much that needs to be done, you know."
        },
        {
          "text": "Hun fortalte ham mangt og meget om gjenstandens virkemåte = she told him many [\"various\"] things about the function of the object."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "much, a lot (only the singular neuter form is used, the article is left out and no noun is utilised)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mang_en-nb-det-PLuOCP9F",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(somewhat poetic) much, a lot (only the singular neuter form is used, the article is left out and no noun is utilised)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Mange ganger skrek de, men ingen hørte dem = they screamed many times, but no one heard them."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "many, several, quite a few, a good many (only the plural form is utilised)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mang_en-nb-det--Dtu6gVp",
      "links": [
        [
          "many",
          "many"
        ],
        [
          "several",
          "several"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "34 34 32",
      "word": "mange"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 34 32",
      "word": "flere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 34 32",
      "word": "mye"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 34 32",
      "word": "meget"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 34 32",
      "tags": [
        "Nynorsk"
      ],
      "word": "mang ein"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 34 32",
      "tags": [
        "Riksmål"
      ],
      "word": "mangen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mang en"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "many things",
      "word": "mangt og meget"
    },
    {
      "english": "much and many",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "a great many things"
    },
    {
      "word": "mengde"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "gmq-mno",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Norwegian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-mno",
        "2": "mangr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "huge crowd"
      },
      "expansion": "mangr (“huge crowd”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound formed by the words mang (from the Middle Norwegian noun mangr (“huge crowd”)) and the article en (\"a/an\"), at the same time undergoing influence from words as ingen (\"nobody\", \"no one\") and hvilken (\"which\", \"what\"), though these two words have not been formed in the same manner.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mang en",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mang ei",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mangt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mangt et",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mange",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "10": "mangt et",
        "11": "plural",
        "12": "mange",
        "2": "determiner",
        "3": "masculine singular",
        "4": "mang en",
        "5": "feminine singular",
        "6": "mang ei",
        "7": "neuter singular",
        "8": "mangt",
        "9": "or"
      },
      "expansion": "mang en (masculine singular mang en, feminine singular mang ei, neuter singular mangt or mangt et, plural mange)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Det har hendt mang en gang = it has happened many times"
        },
        {
          "text": "Mang en gang har jeg forsøkt å finne skatten = many times have I attempted to find the treasure"
        },
        {
          "text": "Mang ei/en jente måtte av gårde for å hjelpe til = many girls had to head out to give a hand"
        },
        {
          "text": "Han har tatt mangt et tak = he has made many efforts (literally: \"he has taken many hard holds/initiatives\")"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "many a; One out of many, many (times) (only the singular form of both the pronoun and the noun is used)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "many a",
          "many a"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål poetic terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Du har mangt å lære, min venn = you have much to learn, my friend"
        },
        {
          "text": "Kjeder du deg? Det er mangt som må gjøres, vet du. = are you bored? There is much that needs to be done, you know."
        },
        {
          "text": "Hun fortalte ham mangt og meget om gjenstandens virkemåte = she told him many [\"various\"] things about the function of the object."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "much, a lot (only the singular neuter form is used, the article is left out and no noun is utilised)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(somewhat poetic) much, a lot (only the singular neuter form is used, the article is left out and no noun is utilised)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Mange ganger skrek de, men ingen hørte dem = they screamed many times, but no one heard them."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "many, several, quite a few, a good many (only the plural form is utilised)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "many",
          "many"
        ],
        [
          "several",
          "several"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "mange"
    },
    {
      "word": "flere"
    },
    {
      "word": "mye"
    },
    {
      "word": "meget"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Nynorsk"
      ],
      "word": "mang ein"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Riksmål"
      ],
      "word": "mangen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mang en"
}

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