Meaning of mengde | Babel Free

Definitions

1. great number, lots of, numerous (this sense applies to countable nouns)
   masculine
2. amount, quantity (this sense applies to uncountable nouns)
   masculine
3. crowd, multitude
   masculine

Examples

“det var en mengde med rare gjenstander i rommet = there were a great number of strange objects in the room”

“hun kjøpte mengder med blomster = she bought lots of/numerous/a great number of flowers”

“han åt enorme mengder mat = he ate enormous amounts of food”

“det falt snø i store mengder på julaften = a huge amount of snow fell on Christmas Eve (literally: "it fell snow in huge amounts on Christmas Eve")”

“han banet seg vei gjennom mengden = he made his way through the crowd”

“en stor mengde møtte opp for å demonstrere mot det nye lovforslaget = a huge crowd turned up to protest the new bill (here: proposal for legislation)”

“å skille seg ut fra mengden = to stand out from the crowd”