viel

See also: Viel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vil/

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• Rhymes: -il

Verb

viel

1. (deprecated template usage) singular past indicative of vallen

Anagrams

• veil
• vlei

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German

Alternative forms

• Viel (for the pronoun)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old High German filu (“many”), from Proto-Germanic *felu, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-. More at fele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

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• Rhymes: -iːl
• Homophone: fiel

Pronoun

viel

1. much, a lot

   Es ist viel passiert.

   Much has happened.

Usage notes

• Compare the similar, but semantically different pronoun vieles.

Adjective

viel (comparative mehr, superlative am meisten)

1. much, many

   Er hat viel Geld verloren.

   He lost a lot of money.

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:viel.

Declension

• In the singular, the adjective is usually left unchanged when it is not preceded by an article or determiner (see example sentence above). Otherwise it is declined like a normal adjective: das viele Geld.
• In the plural, the adjective is usually declined even without a preceding article or determiner: viele Kinder. However, it may be left unchanged when modified by a preceding adverb, e.g. in the combinations wie viel (“how many”) and so viel (“so many”): wie viel Kinder or wie viele Kinder.
• The comparative form mehr is invariable and never declined; it cannot be preceded by any article or determiner (note however mehrere, mehreres, and obsolete mehre, mehres). The superlative meist- is declined like a normal adjective.

Adverb

viel (comparative mehr, superlative am meisten)

1. much, a lot

   Wir haben viel gelacht.

   We laughed a lot.

Derived terms

• soviel
• wieviel

See also

• manch

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vieʎ/

Adjective

viel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vielle)

1. old

Declension

Declension of viel

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	vieus, viex or viels	vielle	viel
	Oblique	viel			vielle	viel
Plural	Subject	viel	vielles		viel
	Oblique	vieus, viex or viels			vielles	viel

Antonyms

• juene (“young”)
• novel (“new”)

Noun

viel oblique singular, m (oblique plural vieus or viex or viels, nominative singular vieus or viex or viels, nominative plural viel)

1. old person

Antonyms

• juene (“young person”)

See also

• ancien

Descendants

• Middle French: vieulx
  • French: vieux
• Walloon: vî

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German viel, Dutch veel.

Determiner

viel (comparative meh, superlative menscht)

1. much, a lot of