haufenweise

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German

Etymology

Haufen +‎ -weise

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhaʊ̯fn̩ˌvaɪ̯zə]
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Adverb

haufenweise

  1. in heaps, in piles, heaps of, piles of
    haufenweise Papierkram ― heaps of red tape
    haufenweise Bauschutt entfernen ― to remove heaps of building rubble
  2. by the score, in large numbers, abundance of, plenty of
    wir pflückten haufenweise Brombeeren ― we picked blackberries in large numbers
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