viel

See also: Viel

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vil/
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Rhymes: -il

Verb

viel

singular past indicative of vallen

Anagrams

veil
vlei

German

Alternative forms

Viel (for the pronoun)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fiːl/
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Rhymes: -iːl
Homophone: fiel

Pronoun

viel

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)

much, many

Er hat viel Geld verloren.
He lost a lot of money.

For quotations of use of 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 is sometimes left unchanged 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)

much, a lot

Wir haben viel gelacht.
We laughed a lot.

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.

Adjective

viel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vielle)

old

Declension

Declension of viel

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

Antonyms

juene (“young”)
novel (“new”)

Noun

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

old person

Antonyms

juene (“young person”)

Descendants

Middle French: vieulx
- French: vieux
Walloon: vî

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German viel, Dutch veel.

Determiner

viel (comparative meh, superlative menscht)

much, a lot of

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