viel

See also: Viel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vil/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: viel
• Rhymes: -il
• Homophone: Viel

Verb

viel

1. singular past indicative of vallen

Anagrams

• veil
• vlei

Finnish

Alternative forms

• viel’ (poetic)

Etymology

Apocopic form of vielä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋie̯l/, [ˈʋie̞̯l]
• Rhymes: -iel
• Hyphenation^(key): viel

Adverb

viel (not comparable) (colloquial)

1. (Southern Finland) Alternative form of vielä.
   • 2013, Henri Pulkkinen, Mikko Kuoppala, Tommi Langen (lyrics and music), “Lyricat”, in Ukraina, performed by Ruger Hauer:

     Aspartaamit natriumglutamaatit liian laimeita, / Oon nähny viruksii joita ei viel ole, / Puoliks mies puoliks home

     Aspartames and monosodium glutamates are too mild, / I've seen viruses that do not yet exist / half man, half mold

German

Alternative forms

• Viel (for the pronoun)

Etymology

From Middle High German vile, from Old High German filu (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-. More at fele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːl
• Homophone: fiel

Pronoun

viel

1. much, a lot

   Es ist viel passiert.

   Much has happened.

Usage notes

• Compare the similar, but semantically different pronoun vieles.
• See also the pronoun mehr (“more”).

Determiner

viel (comparative mehr, superlative am meisten)

1. much, many

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

Usage notes

• 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 may be left unchanged when modified by a preceding adverb, e.g. 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)

1. much, a lot

   Wir haben viel gelacht.

   We laughed a lot.

Derived terms

• allzuviel
• soviel
• wieviel

See also

• manch

Further reading

• “viel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “viel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi͡ɛʎ/

Adjective

viel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vielle)

1. old

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	vieus, viex or viels	vielle	viel
	oblique	viel			vielle	viel
plural	subject	viel	vielles		viel
	oblique	vieus, viex or viels			vielles	viel

Antonyms

• juene (“young”)
• novel (“new”)

Noun

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

1. old person

Antonyms

• juene (“young person”)

See also

• ancien

Descendants

• Middle French: vieulx, vieil
  • French: vieux
• Walloon: vî

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German vile, from Old High German filu (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-. More at English fele.

Compare German viel, Dutch veel.

Determiner

viel (comparative meh, superlative menscht)

1. much, a lot of