Swedish adverb · adjective· top 100 most common

mycket

very much, greatly/ˈmʏˌkɛ(t)/

mycket as an adverb

Meaning

very much; greatly

In Swedish: i hög grad

mycket as an adjective

Meaning

much

In Swedish: som har stor mängd

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What does mycket mean?

mycket in a sentence

  • det finns mycket mer att säga
    there is much more to say
  • tycka mycket om musik
    enjoy music very much
  • mycket ofta
    very often
  • försöket slog mycket väl ut
    the attempt turned out very well
  • en mycket stor del
    a very great part
  • Jag har mycket att göra idag.
    I have much to do today.
  • Han behöver mycket pengar.
    He needs a lot of money.
  • Det är mycket bra.
    That's very good.
  • mycket mat
    a great amount of food
  • mycket pengar
    much money

Expressions

  • han vann mycket riktigt ("helt riktigt, alldeles riktigt") tävlingen
    he duly ("rightly, properly") won the competition
  • tack så mycket!
    thank you very much!

Questions

What does mycket mean in English?

mycket means “very much, greatly”.

Similar words

avsevärtinnerligtmassorkopiöstväldigt

Where the course teaches it

Origin

Originally neuter singular of mycken, from Old Swedish mykin, mikin, accusative singular of mikil, from Old Norse mikill, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, great”).

Nearby common words

mycket is number 84 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 80igen back, again
  • 81behöva need, want
  • 82mitt my, in the middle (at or around the middle, spatially or more abstractly), (often) right
  • 83nåt syncopic form of något (“something, anything”)
  • 85går goes, walks, goes, runs
  • 86vem who
  • 87hej hello, hallo!
  • 88kanske perhaps, maybe
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary