mehrfach

multiple

adjective adverb MAYR-fakh Less Common

Also means

repeatedly

Usage Note

mehrfach combines mehr ('more') with the suffix -fach ('-fold') to mean 'multiple' or, as an adverb, 'several times over'. A mehrfacher Weltmeister is a multiple world champion. The same -fach pattern builds zweifach ('twofold') and vielfach ('manifold').

Examples

"Wir haben es mehrfach versucht."

Natural Translation

We tried it several times.

Literal Translation

We have it several-times tried.

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