how much

English

Alternative forms

• hm (Philippines)

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK):

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Determiner

how much

1. (interrogative) What amount or quantity (of something stated or implied).

   How much (cheese) is left in the fridge? - This is how much we've got left.

   How much of a problem will that cause the government?

2. (specifically, when referring to the cost of an item) What amount of money.

   How much do you want for it?

   How much is it?

   How much is it worth?

Usage notes

• Used with uncountable nouns only. The form used with countable nouns is how many.

Translations

what quantity

• Abkhaz: заҟа (zaqʼa)
• Afrikaans: hoeveel (af)
• Albanian: sa (sq)
• Altai:

  Southern Altai: канча (kanča)

• Arabic: كَمْ (ar) (kam)

  Egyptian Arabic: كام (kām), قد إيه (ʔaddē)

  Iraqi Arabic: شگد (šgadd)

  Moroccan Arabic: شحال (šḥāl)

  North Levantine Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš), قدي (ʔaddē) (Lebanon)

  South Levantine Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš)

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew script: כמא (kmā, kmo)

  Syriac: ܟܡܐ (kmā, kmo)

• Armenian: որքան (hy) (orkʻan), ինչքան (hy) (inčʻkʻan)
• Aromanian: cãt m
• Asturian: cuántu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: neçə (az), nə qədər
• Bashkir: күпме (küpme)
• Basque: zenbat
• Belarusian: ко́лькі (be) (kólʹki)
• Bengali: কত (bn) (kot)
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: gurano (bcl)

• Bulgarian: ко́лко (bg) (kólko)
• Burmese: မည်ရွေ့မည်မျှ (my) (manyrwe.manyhmya.), ဘယ်နှ (my) (bhaihna.), ဘယ်လောက် (my) (bhailauk)
• Carpathian Rusyn: кі́лько (kílʹko)
• Catalan: quant (ca)
• Chamicuro: netna
• Chechen: мел (mel)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 幾多 / 几多 (yue) (gei² do¹)

  Dungan: дуәшо (duəšo), җи (ži)

  Mandarin: 多少 (zh) (duōshao), 幾 / 几 (zh) (jǐ) (below ten)

  Wu: 多少 (¹tu-sau)

• Chuvash: мӗн чухлӗ (mĕn č̬uhlĕ)
• Czech: kolik (cs)
• Dalmatian: cont m
• Danish: hvor meget
• Dutch: hoeveel (nl)
• Erzya: зяро (źaro), зняро (zńaro), мезяро (meźaro) (archaic), мияро (mijaro) (archaic)
• Esperanto: kiom (eo)
• Estonian: kui palju
• Finnish: paljonko (fi), kuinka paljon
• French: combien (fr)
• Friulian: cetant
• Galician: canto (gl)
• Georgian: რამდენი (ka) (ramdeni)
• German: wie viel (de)
• Greek: πόσος (el) m (pósos), πόση (el) f (pósi), πόσο (el) n (póso)

  Ancient Greek: πόσος (pósos), πόση f (pósē), πόσον n (póson)

• Guarani:

  Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} mboy

• Hebrew: כַּמָּה (he) (káma)
• Hiligaynon: pila
• Hindi: कितना (hi) (kitnā)
• Hungarian: mennyi (hu)
• Icelandic: hversu mikið
• Ido: quanta (io)
• Indonesian: berapa (id)
• Ingush: мел (mel)
• Irish: cé mhéad, cá mhéad
• Italian: quanto (it) m, quanta (it) f
• Japanese: 幾ら (ja) (いくら, ikura), いくら (ja) (ikura), 何ぼ (なんぼ, nanbo) (Kyoto dialect)
• Kannada: ಎಷ್ಟು (eṣṭu)
• Kapampangan: pakananu
• Kazakh: қанша (qanşa), неше (neşe)
• Khmer: ប៉ុន្មាន (km) (ponmaan)
• Korean: 얼마나 (ko) (eolmana), 얼마 (ko) (eolma)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: çend (ku)

• Kyrgyz: канча (ky) (kanca), нече (ky) (nece)
• Lao: ເທົ່າໃດ (thao dai), ຈັກ (chak), ປານໃດ (pān dai), ພຽງໃດ (phīang dai), ສັກທໍ່ໃດ (sak thǭ dai), ຮາວໃດ (hāo dai), ຮາວ (hāo)
• Latgalian: kai
• Latin: quantus (la)
• Latvian: cik
• Lithuanian: kiek
• Macedonian: ко́лку (mk) (kólku)
• Malay: berapa (ms)
• Malayalam: എത്ര (ml) (etra)
• Maltese: kemm (mt)
• Mòcheno: biavle
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хэдэн (xeden)

• Navajo: díkwíí?
• Norman: combein (Jersey), caombian (Guernsey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hvor mye

  Nynorsk: kor mykje

• Ojibwe: aaniin minik
• Old East Slavic: колико (koliko)
• Old English: hū miċel
• Pannonian Rusyn: кельо (kelʹo)
• Persian: چِقَدر (fa) (čeqadr), چَند (fa) (čand)
• Polish: ile (pl)
• Portuguese: quanto (pt) m, quanta (pt) f
• Quechua: hayk'a (qu)
• Romanian: cât (ro)
• Romansh: quant m, quanta f, con, quànt, quaunt
• Russian: ско́лько (ru) (skólʹko)
• Sardinian: cantu
• Scottish Gaelic: cia mheud
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: колѝко

  Latin: kolìko (sh)

• Sicilian: quantu (scn)
• Slovak: koľko
• Slovene: kóliko (sl)
• Spanish: cuánto (es)
• Swahili: kiasi gani
• Swedish: hur mycket
• Tagalog: gaano
• Tajik: чӣ қадар (či qadar)
• Tamil: எவ்வளவு (ta) (evvaḷavu)
• Telugu: ఎంత (te) (enta)
• Thai: เท่าไร (th) (tâo-rai), กี่ (th) (gìi)
• Tibetan: ག་ཚོད (ga tshod)
• Tok Pisin: hamas
• Turkish: ne kadar (tr)
• Turkmen: näçe, näden
• Ukrainian: скі́льки (skílʹky)
• Urdu: کِتْنا (kitnā)
• Uyghur: قانچە (qanche)
• Uzbek: qancha (uz)
• Venetan: cuanto, cuant
• Vietnamese: mấy (vi) (below ten), bao nhiêu (vi) (above ten)
• Welsh: faint (cy) m
• Wolof: ñaata (wo)
• Yakut: хас (qas)
• Yiddish: וויפֿל (vifl)
• Yup'ik: qavcin
• Zazaki: çenday

what is the cost/price?

• Afrikaans: hoeveel (af)
• Arabic: بِكَم (bikam), بِكَمْ هٰذَا؟ (bikam hāḏā?)

  Egyptian Arabic: بكام (bikām)

  North Levantine Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš), قدي (ʔaddē) (Lebanon)

  South Levantine Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš)

• Azerbaijani: neçəyədir
• Belarusian: ко́лькі гэ́та кашту́е (kólʹki héta kaštúje)
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: mamira, manggurano

• Breton: pegement (br)
• Bulgarian: ко́лко е (kólko e), ко́лко стру́ва (kólko strúva)
• Burmese: ဘယ်လောက်လဲ (bhailauklai:)
• Catalan: quant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 幾錢？ / 几钱？ (gei² cin^4-2)

  Mandarin: 多少錢？ / 多少钱？ (zh) (duōshao qián?)

• Czech: kolik to stojí?
• Dutch: hoeveel (nl)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: paljonko se maksaa? (literally “how much does it cost?”), mitä se maksaa? (literally “what does it cost?”), paljonko? (fi) (colloquial)
• French: c'est combien ?
• Galician: canto custa?, canto é?
• Georgian: რა ღირს (ra ɣirs)
• German: wieviel kostet das?
• Greek: πόσο κάνει αυτό (póso kánei aftó), πόσο κοστίζει αυτό (póso kostízei aftó)
• Hiligaynon: tagpila
• Hindi: कितना है? (kitnā hai?)
• Hungarian: (how much does it cost?) mennyibe kerül?, (how much do you charge for it?) mennyit kér érte?
• Ido: quanta olu kustas?
• Indonesian: berapa (id) harga (id) ?
• Italian: quanto costa?, quant'è
• Japanese: これは幾らですか (これはいくらですか, kore wa ikura desu ka?), いくらですか (ikura desu ka?)
• Kapampangan: magkanu
• Khmer: ថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន (thlay ponmaan)
• Korean: 얼마입니까? (eolma-imnikka?), 얼마에요? (eolma-eyo?), 이거 얼마에요? (igeo eolma-eyo?)
• Latgalian: cik
• Latvian: cik
• Macedonian: ко́лку чи́ни? (kólku číni?)
• Malay: berapa (ms) harga (ms) ?
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хэд вэ? (xed ve?)

• Navajo: díkwíí?
• Palauan: ngtelang a cheral?
• Pannonian Rusyn: кельо то кошта (kelʹo to košta)
• Persian: چند (fa) (čand)
• Polish: ile (pl), ile kosztuje
• Portuguese: quanto custa?
• Romanian: cât costă?
• Russian: ско́лько э́то сто́ит (skólʹko éto stóit), почём (ru) (počóm) (casual)
• Scottish Gaelic: dè na
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: колико је то?, колико кошта?

  Latin: koliko je to?, koliko košta?

• Slovak: koľko to stojí?
• Slovene: koliko to stane?
• Spanish: ¿cuánto cuesta?
• Swahili: shilingi ngapi, pesa ngapi, bei gani
• Tagalog: magkano
• Thai: นี่เท่าไร (nîi tâo-rai?)
• Ukrainian: скі́льки це ко́штує (skílʹky ce kóštuje), скі́льки це сто́їть (skílʹky ce stójitʹ)
• Vietnamese: cái này giá bao nhiêu?
• Welsh: faint (cy) m

Adverb

how much

1. (interrogative) To what degree; to what extent.

   How much do you like me?

   It's a real bargain, considering both its price and how much in need of one we are.

Translations

to what degree, to what extent

• Dutch: hoezeer (nl)
• Finnish: paljonko, kuinka paljon
• Georgian: რამდენად (ramdenad)
• German: wie sehr
• Hungarian: mennyire? (hu)
• Polish: jak bardzo
• Romanian: cât de mult
• Russian: сколько (ru) (skolʹko)
• Spanish: cuánto (es), lo mucho
• Welsh: faint (cy)

Interjection

how much?

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) you what? huh?

References

• (interjection): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

References

• “how much”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.