noun
crowd, amount
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Menge (die) means 'crowd' or 'amount'. Plural Mengen (regular). Feminine noun with normal declension. Can mean a crowd of people or a quantity/amount; colloquially 'eine Menge' = 'a lot'. No special preposition, often used with 'an' or 'von' in phrases (eine Menge von Leuten).
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Aufgrund der großen Menge an Bestellungen verlängerte das Lager die Lieferzeiten, sodass die Kunden länger warten mussten.
Because of the large number of orders, the warehouse extended delivery times, so customers had to wait longer.
Die Menge an Informationen war überwältigend.
The amount of information was overwhelming.
Es war eine große Menge an Leuten da.
There was a large crowd of people there.
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Picture a large group of people labeled 'Menge' pushing into a square
Menge sounds like 'many' — think of many people
die — imagine 'the crowd' as a single female figure representing many
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Can mean 'crowd' (people) or 'amount' (quantity); context determines the translation.