DETERMINER
wievielhow much; how many
wieviel is a German determiner that means how much or how many.
Definitions
1.used in questions to ask about an unknown quantity or amount(interrogative)
a.to ask about uncountable amounts (singular)
Wieviel Geld hast du noch?—How much money do you still have?
b.to ask about countable quantities (colloquial, especially in southern German)
Wieviel Äpfel hast du gekauft?—How many apples did you buy?
2.used to refer to an undefined amount or quantity, sometimes emphatically(indefinite)
a.in statements of large/indefinite quantity
Er hat schon wieder soviel gegessen, wieviel kann er noch vertragen?—He has already eaten so much again, how much more can he handle?
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