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Menge

amount

noun MENG-uh Less Common
Numbers & Measures Quantities

Also means

crowd

Usage Note

Menge means a quantity or amount, and the colloquial eine Menge means 'a lot', as in eine Menge Arbeit. It also names a crowd of people (in der Menge verschwinden) and a mathematical 'set'. The everyday 'a lot' sense is very common in speech.

Examples

"Wir haben eine Menge zu tun."

Natural Translation

We have a lot to do.

Literal Translation

We have an amount to do.

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