meget

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish *mikit, neuter form of mikil, from Old Norse mikill, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méga-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɡet/, [mɑːð̩ˠ]

Adjective

meget (comparative mere, superlative mest)

1. neuter singular of megen

Usage notes

• Supplants in large part, especially in speech, the common form megen in all contexts:

  så megen/meget vand -- that much water

See also

• mange

Adverb

meget

1. very
2. much

References

• meget” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish meget

Adverb

meget

1. very

See also

• ovleg (Nynorsk)

References

• “meget” in The Bokmål Dictionary.