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Wie viel macht das?

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wie
     adv. how
     conj. like
     conj. as
     conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than
     conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past
viel
     pron. much, a lot
     det. much, many
     det. 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
     det. 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 combi
     det. 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, mehr
     adv. much, a lot
wie viel
     det. how much; how many
     adv. (fairly rare) how much; how often
macht
     v. third-person singular present of machen
     v. second-person plural present of machen
     v. plural imperative of machen
     machen
          v. to make, produce, create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)
          v. to make, prepare
          v. to do, perform, carry out (to execute; to put into operation (an action))
          v. to do; (indicates an activity associated with a noun)
          v. to go (to make the (specified) sound)
          v. to make (to cause or compel (to do something))
          v. to cause (to set off an event or action or produce as a result)
          v. to make (to cause to be)
          v. to make (transform from one thing into another)
          v. to make (to have as a feature)
          v. to come to, total, cost (to require the payment of)
          v. to make, be (the result of a calculation)
          v. to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.)
          v. to be, play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance)
          v. to matter (to be important)
          v. to make, make oneself out to be, act, play (to behave so as to give an appearance of being; to act as if one were (something, or a certain way)) (+preo, auf)
          v. to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate)
          v. to do (to fare or perform (well or poorly))
          v. to look (to have an appearance of being)
          v. to get cracking (an (“on,” “with”)), get a move on (it), to get down (an (“to”)) (something); (in imperative:) come on, let's go
das
     art. singular of der: the
     pron. singular of der
     pron.          (relative) who, that, which
     pron.          (demonstrative) this, that, it
     pron.          (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)
     der
          art. the
          art. feminine singular of der
          art. genitive plural of der
          pron. who; that; which
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
          pron. (attributive, stressed) that
          pron. (indicative) him, he
          pron. (differential) the one, him
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her




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