much

much
[mʌtʃ] adj <more, most> + sing
viel;
there wasn't \much post es kam nicht viel Post;
how \much ...? wie viel ...?;
how \much time have we got? wie viel Zeit bleibt uns?;
half/twice as \much halb/doppelt so viel;
not/so \much nicht/so viel;
[\much] too \much [viel] zu viel;
a bit too \much etwas [o ein bisschen] [zu] viel pron
1) (relative amount) viel;
this \much is certain so viel [o eines] ist sicher;
I don't know \much about fishing ich hab nicht viel Ahnung vom Angeln;
he left without so \much as an apology er ging ohne auch nur ein Wort der Entschuldigung;
half/twice as \much halb/doppelt so viel;
too \much zu viel
2) (great deal) viel;
\much of what you say is right vieles von dem, was Sie sagen, ist richtig;
you didn't miss \much Sie haben nicht viel verpasst;
well, I guess our picnic won't come to \much ich glaube, aus unserem Picknick wird nichts werden;
my new stereo isn't up to \much meine neue Anlage taugt nicht viel (fam)
I'm not up to \much really (not much planned) ich hab nicht viel vor;
(not fit for much) mit mir ist nicht viel los (fam)
3) with negative
(pej: poor example)
I've never been \much of a dancer ich habe noch nie gut tanzen können;
she's not \much of a believer in horoscopes sie glaubt nicht wirklich an Horoskope;
he's not \much to look at er sieht nicht gerade umwerfend aus
4) (larger part)
\much of the day der Großteil des Tages;
\much of sb's time ein Großteil von jds Zeit
5) (be redundant)
so \much for ... das war's dann wohl mit ...;
the car's broken down again - so \much for the trip to the seaside das Auto ist schon wieder kaputt - das war's dann wohl mit unserem Ausflug ans Meer
6) with interrogative
how \much is it? was kostet das? adv <more, most>
1) (greatly) sehr;
we would very \much like to come wir würden sehr gerne kommen;
she would \much rather have her baby at home than in the hospital sie würde ihr Kind viel lieber zu Hause als im Krankenhaus zur Welt bringen;
I've been feeling \much healthier lately ich fühle mich in letzter Zeit viel besser;
\much to our surprise zu unserer großen Überraschung;
to not be \much good at sth in etw dat nicht sehr gut sein
2) (by far) bei weitem;
she's \much the best person for the job sie ist bei weitem die Beste für den Job
3) (nearly) fast;
things around here are \much as always hier ist alles beim Alten;
as \much as so gut wie;
he as \much as admitted that ... er hat so gut wie zugegeben, dass ...;
\much the same fast so;
I am feeling \much the same as yesterday ich fühle mich ungefähr genauso wie gestern
4) (specifying degree)
as \much as so viel wie;
I like him as \much as you do ich mag ihn genauso sehr wie du;
they fought with each other as \much as ever sie stritten sich wie eh und je;
so \much so [sehr];
it hurts so \much to see him like that es tut so weh, ihn so zu sehen;
I wanted so \much to meet you ich wollte dich unbedingt treffen;
very \much sehr;
thank you very \much herzlichen Dank;
that's very \much the done thing around here das ist hier so üblich
5) (exactly that) genau das;
I had expected as \much so etwas hatte ich schon erwartet;
it was as \much as I could do to get out of bed ich konnte gerade noch aufstehen
6) (often) häufig;
we don't go out \much wir gehen nicht viel [o oft] weg;
do you see \much of her? siehst du sie öfters?
7) (setting up a contrast)
they're not so \much lovers as friends sie sind eher Freunde als ein Liebespaar conj
(although) auch wenn, wenngleich (geh)
\much as I like you, ... so gern ich dich auch mag, ...;
\much as I would like to help you, ... so gerne ich euch auch helfen würde, ...;
he can barely boil an egg, \much less cook a proper dinner er kann kaum ein Ei kochen, geschweige denn eine richtige Mahlzeit;
however \much you dislike her ... wie unsympathisch sie dir auch sein mag, ...

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