massvis
Swedish
Etymology
massa (“mass”) + -vis (“wise”)
Adverb
massvis (not comparable)
- lots, tons
- Det var massvis med poliser på brottsplatsen
- There was lots of police at the crime scene
- Vi åt massvis med glass
- We ate tons of ice cream
Usage notes
Most idiomatic with med (“with”), though av (“of”) also occurs.
References
- “massvis”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “massvis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “massvis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)