# viel
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vil/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: viel
* Rhymes: -il
* Homophone: Viel

### Verb

viel
* singular past indicative of vallen

### Anagrams

* veil
* vlei

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* viel’ (poetic)

### Etymology

Apocopic form of vielä.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋie̯l/, [ˈʋie̞̯l]
* Rhymes: -iel
* Syllabification: viel

### Adverb

viel (not comparable) (colloquial)
* (Southern Finland) Alternative form of vielä.
** 2013, Henri Pulkkinen, Mikko Kuoppala, Tommi Langen (lyrics and music), “Lyricat”, in Ukraina, performed by Ruger Hauer:Aspartaamit natriumglutamaatit liian laimeita, / Oon nähny viruksii joita ei viel ole, / Puoliks mies puoliks homeAspartames and monosodium glutamates are too mild, / I've seen viruses that do not yet exist / half man, half mold

## German

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### Alternative forms

* Viel (for the pronoun)

### Etymology

From Middle High German vile, from Old High German filu (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-. More at fele.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiːl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iːl
* Homophone: fiel

### Pronoun

viel
* much, a lot
    Es ist viel passiert.Much has happened.

#### Usage notes

* Compare the similar, but semantically different pronoun vieles.
* See also the pronoun mehr (“more”).

### Determiner

viel (comparative mehr, superlative am meisten)
* much, many
    Er hat viel Geld verloren. ― He lost a lot of money.

#### Usage notes

* 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 Geld.
* 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 combinations wie viel (“how many”) and so viel (“so many”): wie viel Kinder or wie viele Kinder.
* 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, mehres). The superlative meist- is declined like a normal adjective.

### Adverb

viel (comparative mehr, superlative am meisten)
* much, a lot
    Wir haben viel gelacht.We laughed a lot.

#### Derived terms

* allzuviel
* soviel
* wieviel

### See also

* manch

### Further reading

* “viel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “viel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

## Old French
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvi͡ɛʎ/

### Adjective

viel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vielle)
* old

#### Declension

| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Singular | Subject | vieus, viex or viels | vielle | viel |
| Singular | Oblique | viel | vielle | viel | vielle | viel |
| Plural | Subject | viel | vielles | viel | viel |
| Plural | Oblique | vieus, viex or viels | vielles | viel | vielles | viel |

#### Antonyms

* juene (“young”)
* novel (“new”)

### Noun

viel oblique singular, m (oblique plural vieus or viex or viels, nominative singular vieus or viex or viels, nominative plural viel)
* old person

#### Antonyms

* juene (“young person”)

#### See also

* ancien

### Descendants

* Middle French: vieulx, vieil
** French: vieux
* Walloon: vî

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German vile, from Old High German filu (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-. More at English fele.
Compare German viel, Dutch veel.

### Determiner

viel (comparative meh, superlative menscht)
* much, a lot of