manch
indef pron
a 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 many a beautiful thing
manch Erlebnis/schöne Geschichte/Kind all liter many an experience/a lovely story/a child
b (adjektivisch)
manche(r, s) a good many +pl , a fair number +pl , quite a few +pl , many a +sing , (pl)
(=einige) some +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
c (substantivisch)
manche(r) a good many people pl , many a person/man/woman etc, (pl)
(=einige) some (people)
mancher lernts nie some people never learn
manches
(=vieles) a good many things pl , a number of things pl , quite a few things pl
(=einiges) some things pl
in manchem hat er Recht he's right about a lot of/some things
so or gar old manches a good many things pl , quite a few things pl
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