fler
See also: fler-
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) fler
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
Etymology
Noun
fler
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Adjective
fler
- comparative degree of mange (English more) (countable).
Pronoun
fler
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish flere, flæster. Cognate with Icelandic fleiri, flestr, related to Latin plus and Ancient Greek πλέως (pléōs), πλεῖστος (pleîstos).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
fler or flera, superlative flest or flesta
- more and most (in numbers)
- De var många, men vi var fler.
- They were many, but there were more of us.
- De flesta kan läsa.
- Most (people) can read.
- Jag plockade fler äpplen än Anna, men Sven plockade flest äpplen.
- I picked more apples than Anna, but Sven picked even more apples.
- Sven plockade de flesta äpplena, så blev det inte så många kvar till Anna och mig.
- Sven picked most of the apples (on the tree), so not many were left to Anna and me.
- De var många, men vi var fler.
Usage notes
- Many native Swedish speakers would consider this to be a comparative of mången, månget, många (“many”), which however is a pronoun and not an adjective.
See also
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