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Danish
Etymology
From mange + -de, either a new formation or inherited from Old Norse *mengd, from Proto-Germanic *managiþō, cognate with Swedish mängd, Dutch menigte, Old English menigdu. Old Icelandic has a different derivation, mengi, from *managį̄, cf. English many (the noun), German Menge and Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹 (managei).
Pronunciation
Noun
mængde c (singular definite mængden, plural indefinite mængder)
- amount, quantity
- number
- crowd
- (set theory) set
Inflection
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