mycket
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
Practise mycket
1 / 1What does mycket mean?
mycket in a sentence
- det finns mycket mer att sägathere is much more to say
- tycka mycket om musikenjoy music very much
- mycket oftavery often
- försöket slog mycket väl utthe attempt turned out very well
- en mycket stor dela 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 mata great amount of food
- mycket pengarmuch money
Expressions
- han vann mycket riktigt ("helt riktigt, alldeles riktigt") tävlingenhe 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
- Swedish question words: vad and hurComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Giving commands in SwedishComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish verbs: förstå, säga, försökaComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish past tense: -te and -de endingsComplete Swedish – Season 2
- Listening versus hearing in SwedishComplete Swedish – Season 2
- The Swedish verb att skriva (to write)Complete Swedish – Season 2
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.
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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

