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mycket

much · very

en stor mängd eller i hög grad

Definition & meaning

Mycket means much, a lot, or very, depending on its use:

  • A large amount: Det finns mycket vatten. — “There is a lot of water.”
  • To a great extent: Jag tycker mycket om henne. — “I like her a lot.”
  • As an intensifier: Det är mycket bra. — “It is very good.”

Grammar & Word origin

Mycket can be an adverb or a quantity word. It is also the neuter form of the adjective mycken , which is mainly used in formal or literary Swedish.

It comes from Old Swedish mykit, related to an older Germanic word for “great” or “large.”

Synonyms & antonyms

  • väldigt — “very”; commonly used to intensify adjectives, but not to describe an amount.
  • mycket av can sometimes be expressed with en stor mängd — “a large quantity of,” which is more formal.
  • lite — “a little”; the opposite when referring to an amount or degree.

Common phrases & collocations

  • tack så mycket — “thank you very much”
  • hur mycket — “how much”
  • mycket mer — “much more”
  • mycket omtyckt — “very popular” or “well liked”

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Examples

Hon har mycket godis.pronoun

She has a lot of candy.

Vi väntade mycket länge.adverb

We waited for a very long time.

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