"mye" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

IPA: /²myːə/ Forms: mer [comparative], mest [indefinite, superlative], meste [definite, superlative]
Etymology: From Old Norse mykit, a newer variant of mikit, itself the neuter form of the adjective mikill (“big, large, great”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål and Danish meget, Swedish mycket, Icelandic mikill and English much. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|non|mykit}} Old Norse mykit, {{der|nb|gem-pro|*mikilaz}} Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, {{der|nb|ine-pro|*meǵh₂-}} Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-, {{cog|da|meget}} Danish meget, {{cog|sv|mycket}} Swedish mycket, {{cog|is|mikill}} Icelandic mikill, {{cog|en|much}} English much Head templates: {{head|nb|adjective|indeclinable||comparative|mer|indefinite superlative|mest|definite superlative|meste}} mye (indeclinable, comparative mer, indefinite superlative mest, definite superlative meste)
  1. Existing in large quantities: lots of, a lot (of), many, a great deal (of), much (antonym to lite, "small", "little") Tags: indeclinable
    Sense id: en-mye-nb-adj-Ulo19XgZ Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 23 19 29 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 18 29 30
  2. Used as a noun: much, a lot of (things), a great deal Tags: indeclinable
    Sense id: en-mye-nb-adj-g9eLX1gV Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 23 19 29 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 18 29 30
  3. much, far, a great deal (in a comparative sense, functions as an adverb) Tags: indeclinable
    Sense id: en-mye-nb-adj--0zGpUws Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 23 19 29 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 18 29 30
  4. (as a verb-modifying adverb) much, a great deal, a good deal, a lot Tags: indeclinable
    Sense id: en-mye-nb-adj-OYqzuvoJ Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 23 19 29 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 18 29 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: atskillig, bråtevis, en del (english: god, hel, stor), en masse, fullt av, haugevis, mangt, massevis (alt: av), mengdevis, plenty, rikelig (alt: av, med) Derived forms: få mye for pengene (english: make one's money go a long way), get one's money worth, get value for money (english: get much for the money) [literally], for mye og for lite skjemmer alt (english: enough is as good as a feast) [literally], gjøre for mye ut av (english: make too much fuss of) [literally], ikke mye å rope hurra for (english: not much to cheer about) [literally], man skal høre mye før ørene faller av (english: be hardly able/unable to believe one's ears) [literally], mye vil ha mer (english: give him an inch and he'll take a mile) [literally], så mye du vil (english: as much as you like), as much as you want, uten så mye som å takke (english: without so much as a) [literally]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "make one's money go a long way",
      "word": "få mye for pengene"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "get one's money worth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "get much for the money",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "get value for money"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "enough is as good as a feast",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "for mye og for lite skjemmer alt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "make too much fuss of",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "gjøre for mye ut av"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "not much to cheer about",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "ikke mye å rope hurra for"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "be hardly able/unable to believe one's ears",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "man skal høre mye før ørene faller av"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "give him an inch and he'll take a mile",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "mye vil ha mer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "as much as you like",
      "word": "så mye du vil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "as much as you want"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "without so much as a",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "uten så mye som å takke"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "mykit"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mikilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mikilaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meǵh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "meget"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish meget",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "mycket"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish mycket",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "mikill"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic mikill",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "much"
      },
      "expansion": "English much",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse mykit, a newer variant of mikit, itself the neuter form of the adjective mikill (“big, large, great”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål and Danish meget, Swedish mycket, Icelandic mikill and English much.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mest",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meste",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "10": "meste",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "indeclinable",
        "4": "",
        "5": "comparative",
        "6": "mer",
        "7": "indefinite superlative",
        "8": "mest",
        "9": "definite superlative"
      },
      "expansion": "mye (indeclinable, comparative mer, indefinite superlative mest, definite superlative meste)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 19 29 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 18 29 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Come on, there's a lot of work to do.",
          "text": "Kom an, det er mye arbeid som må gjøres."
        },
        {
          "english": "There are a lot of strange things in the city.",
          "text": "Det finnes mye rart i byen."
        },
        {
          "text": "Ble det for mye for deg? = was it too much for you?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Existing in large quantities: lots of, a lot (of), many, a great deal (of), much (antonym to lite, \"small\", \"little\")"
      ],
      "id": "en-mye-nb-adj-Ulo19XgZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "lots",
          "lots"
        ],
        [
          "lot",
          "lot"
        ],
        [
          "many",
          "many"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "deal",
          "deal"
        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "lite",
          "lite"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 18 29 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Much could have been done differently in this case.",
          "text": "Mye kunne vært gjort annerledes i denne saken",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a noun: much, a lot of (things), a great deal"
      ],
      "id": "en-mye-nb-adj-g9eLX1gV",
      "links": [
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "lot",
          "lot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 19 29 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 18 29 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My dad is much stronger than yours.",
          "text": "Faren min er mye sterkere enn din."
        },
        {
          "english": "That house is much bigger than I had expected.",
          "text": "Det huset er mye større enn jeg hadde trodd."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "much, far, a great deal (in a comparative sense, functions as an adverb)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mye-nb-adj--0zGpUws",
      "links": [
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "far",
          "far"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 19 29 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 18 29 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do you jog much in your spare time?",
          "text": "Jogger du mye i fritida?"
        },
        {
          "english": "He drinks a lot.",
          "text": "Han drikker mye."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "much, a great deal, a good deal, a lot"
      ],
      "id": "en-mye-nb-adj-OYqzuvoJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "deal",
          "deal"
        ],
        [
          "lot",
          "lot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(as a verb-modifying adverb) much, a great deal, a good deal, a lot"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a verb-modifying adverb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²myːə/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "atskillig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bråtevis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "god, hel, stor",
      "word": "en del"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "en masse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fullt av"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "haugevis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mangt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "av",
      "word": "massevis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mengdevis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "plenty"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "av, med",
      "word": "rikelig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mye"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "make one's money go a long way",
      "word": "få mye for pengene"
    },
    {
      "word": "get one's money worth"
    },
    {
      "english": "get much for the money",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "get value for money"
    },
    {
      "english": "enough is as good as a feast",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "for mye og for lite skjemmer alt"
    },
    {
      "english": "make too much fuss of",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "gjøre for mye ut av"
    },
    {
      "english": "not much to cheer about",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "ikke mye å rope hurra for"
    },
    {
      "english": "be hardly able/unable to believe one's ears",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "man skal høre mye før ørene faller av"
    },
    {
      "english": "give him an inch and he'll take a mile",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "mye vil ha mer"
    },
    {
      "english": "as much as you like",
      "word": "så mye du vil"
    },
    {
      "word": "as much as you want"
    },
    {
      "english": "without so much as a",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "uten så mye som å takke"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "mykit"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse mykit",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mikilaz",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "meget"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish meget",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "mycket"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish mycket",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "mikill"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic mikill",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "much"
      },
      "expansion": "English much",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse mykit, a newer variant of mikit, itself the neuter form of the adjective mikill (“big, large, great”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål and Danish meget, Swedish mycket, Icelandic mikill and English much.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mest",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meste",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "nb",
        "10": "meste",
        "2": "adjective",
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        "5": "comparative",
        "6": "mer",
        "7": "indefinite superlative",
        "8": "mest",
        "9": "definite superlative"
      },
      "expansion": "mye (indeclinable, comparative mer, indefinite superlative mest, definite superlative meste)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Come on, there's a lot of work to do.",
          "text": "Kom an, det er mye arbeid som må gjøres."
        },
        {
          "english": "There are a lot of strange things in the city.",
          "text": "Det finnes mye rart i byen."
        },
        {
          "text": "Ble det for mye for deg? = was it too much for you?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Existing in large quantities: lots of, a lot (of), many, a great deal (of), much (antonym to lite, \"small\", \"little\")"
      ],
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        [
          "lots",
          "lots"
        ],
        [
          "lot",
          "lot"
        ],
        [
          "many",
          "many"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "deal",
          "deal"
        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "lite",
          "lite"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Much could have been done differently in this case.",
          "text": "Mye kunne vært gjort annerledes i denne saken",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a noun: much, a lot of (things), a great deal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "lot",
          "lot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My dad is much stronger than yours.",
          "text": "Faren min er mye sterkere enn din."
        },
        {
          "english": "That house is much bigger than I had expected.",
          "text": "Det huset er mye større enn jeg hadde trodd."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "much, far, a great deal (in a comparative sense, functions as an adverb)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "far",
          "far"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do you jog much in your spare time?",
          "text": "Jogger du mye i fritida?"
        },
        {
          "english": "He drinks a lot.",
          "text": "Han drikker mye."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "much, a great deal, a good deal, a lot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "deal",
          "deal"
        ],
        [
          "lot",
          "lot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(as a verb-modifying adverb) much, a great deal, a good deal, a lot"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a verb-modifying adverb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²myːə/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "atskillig"
    },
    {
      "word": "bråtevis"
    },
    {
      "english": "god, hel, stor",
      "word": "en del"
    },
    {
      "word": "en masse"
    },
    {
      "word": "fullt av"
    },
    {
      "word": "haugevis"
    },
    {
      "word": "mangt"
    },
    {
      "alt": "av",
      "word": "massevis"
    },
    {
      "word": "mengdevis"
    },
    {
      "word": "plenty"
    },
    {
      "alt": "av, med",
      "word": "rikelig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mye"
}

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