A1adverb · frequent

some

навколо, близько, приблизно

вокруг, туда-сюда, около

um, etwa, ungefähr

Of a measurement: approximately, roughlyOf a measurement: approximately, roughly.

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/sʌm/

» Can I have some more milk?

Könnte ich noch etwas Milch haben?

Можно мне ещё молока?

Можна мені ще молока?

Meaning

3 senses

(not comparable)Of a measurement: approximately, roughly.
I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat.
ungefähr, etwa, um
(dialectal, not comparable)To a certain extent, or for a certain period.
(dialectal, not comparable)Somewhat, a little.

More definitions

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

Examples

20228 sentences

Can I have some more milk?
Можна мені ще молока?
ruМожно мне ещё молока?
deKönnte ich noch etwas Milch haben?
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I'd like some more bread, please.
Будь ласка, ще хліба.
ruБудьте добры, можно ещё хлеба?
deIch hätte gerne noch etwas Brot.
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Will you have some more cake?
Візьмеш ще пирога?
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Can I have some more tea?
Можна, будь ласка, ще чаю?
ruМожно мне ещё чаю?
deKann ich noch Tee haben?
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Let's make it some other time.
Зробімо це якось наступного разу.
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Translations

4 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

approximately, roughly:

Origin

From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Wes

From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”).

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