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etliche

several

determiner ET-li-khe Less Common
Grammar & Structure Determiners

Also means

quite a few

Usage Note

etliche means 'quite a few / a fair number' and feels like more than just einige (some). It declines like a plural adjective and pairs with countable nouns: etliche Leute. It carries a faint note of 'more than expected'.

Examples

"Etliche Leute waren schon da."

Natural Translation

Quite a few people were already there.

Literal Translation

Several people were already there.

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