manch

unbest. Pron.

1. unflektiert: many a; in manch schwierigem Fall in many a difficult case; manch eine(r) many (people), many a person; manch ein Lehrer many a teacher, quite a few teachers Pl

2. adj. many, a number of; (einige) some; in mancher Beziehung in many respects Pl.; manche Leute some people, a number of people

3. subst. (Sachen): (so) manches a thing or two, (quite) a few things; ich habe manches zu kritisieren I’ve got a number of things to criticize, I’ve got a number of criticisms to make; in manchem hat er Recht he’s right about some things

4. subst. (Personen): (so) mancher a number of people, quite a few (people); Pl. a number of people, quite a few (people); (einige) some (people); manchen kann man es nie recht machen some people are never satisfied

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mạnch [manç]

indef pron

1) inv (in Zusammensetzung mit ein, eine(r, s), substantiviertem Adjektiv und (geh) Substantiv) many a

manch eine(r), manch ein Mensch — many a person, (a good) many people, quite a few people

manch einem kann man nie Vernunft beibringen — you can never teach sense to some people

manch anderer — many another

manch Schönes (geh) —

manch Erlebnis/schöne Geschichte/Kind (all liter) — many an experience/a lovely story/a child

2)

(adjektivisch) manche(r, s) — a good many +pl, a fair number +pl, quite a few +pl, many a +sing; (pl

mancher, der ... — many a person who ..., many pl who ..., a good many people pl who ..., some (people) pl who ...

manche hundert Euro — some or several hundreds of euros

manches Schöne — a number of beautiful things, quite a few beautiful things

3)

(substantivisch) manche(r) — a good many people pl, many a person/man/woman etc; (pl

mancher lernts nie — some people never learn

in manchem hat er recht — he's right about a lot of/some things

manches — a good many things pl, quite a few things pl

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manch

[ˈmanç]

pron indef, inv

1. mit ein[e] + subst (einige/viele) many a, many

so \manch ein Kind hat Probleme in der Schule many children have problems at school

2. mit substantiviertem adj (viel) many ... things

\manch anderer many others

\manch eine(r) (einige) many

3. mit adj und subst im sing (viele) many a, many

\manch großes Unrecht wird nie geahndet many a wrong goes/many wrongs go unpunished

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Indefinitpronomen

1) attr. many a

[so] mancher Beamte, manch ein Beamter — many an official

in mancher Beziehung — in many respects

manch einer — many a person/man

manch eine — many a woman

2) (allein stehend)

mancher — many a person/man

manche — (manch eine) many a woman; (manche Leute) some

[so] manches — a number of things; (allerhand Verschiedenes) all kinds of things

[so] manches von dem, was wir lernten — much of what we learnt

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manch indef pr

1. unflektiert: many a;

in manch schwierigem Fall in many a difficult case;

manch eine(r) many (people), many a person;

manch ein Lehrer many a teacher, quite a few teachers pl

2. adj many, a number of; (einige) some;

in mancher Beziehung in many respects pl;

manche Leute some people, a number of people

3. subst (Sachen):

(so) manches a thing or two, (quite) a few things;

ich habe manches zu kritisieren I’ve got a number of things to criticize, I’ve got a number of criticisms to make;

in manchem hat er recht he’s right about some things

4. subst (Personen):

(so) mancher a number of people, quite a few (people); pl a number of people, quite a few (people); (einige) some (people);

manchen kann man es nie recht machen some people are never satisfied

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Indefinitpronomen

1) attr. many a

[so] mancher Beamte, manch ein Beamter — many an official

in mancher Beziehung — in many respects

manch einer — many a person/man

manch eine — many a woman

2) (allein stehend)

mancher — many a person/man

manche — (manch eine) many a woman; (manche Leute) some

[so] manches — a number of things; (allerhand Verschiedenes) all kinds of things

[so] manches von dem, was wir lernten — much of what we learnt

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adj.

many a adv.

some adj.