how much

English

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Alternative forms

hm (Philippines)

Pronunciation

Audio (UK): (file)

Determiner

how much

(interrogative) What amount or quantity (of something stated or implied).
How much (cheese) is left in the fridge?

How much of a problem will that cause the government?
(specifically, when referring to the cost of an item) What amount of money.
How much do you want for it?

How much is it?

Usage notes

Used with uncountable nouns only. The form used with countable nouns is how many.

Translations

what quantity

Abkhaz: заҟа (zaqʼa)
Afrikaans: hoeveel (af)
Albanian: sa (sq)
Arabic: كَمْ (ar) (kam)
Egyptian Arabic: كام (kām), قد إيه (ʔaddē)

Iraqi Arabic: شگد (šgadd)

Moroccan Arabic: شحال (šḥāl)

North Levantine Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš), قدي (ʔaddē) (Lebanon)

South Levantine Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš)
Aramaic:
Hebrew: כמא (kmā, kmo)

Syriac: ܟܡܐ (kmā, kmo)
Armenian: որքան (hy) (orkʻan), ինչքան (hy) (inčʻkʻan)
Aromanian: cãt m
Asturian: cuántu (ast)
Azerbaijani: neçə (az), nə qədər
Bashkir: күпме (küpme)
Basque: zenbat
Belarusian: ко́лькі (be) (kólʹki)
Bengali: কত (bn) (kot)
Bikol Central: gurano (bcl)
Bulgarian: ко́лко (bg) (kólko)
Burmese: မည်ရွေ့မည်မျှ (my) (manyrwe.manyhmya.), ဘယ်နှ (my) (bhaihna.), ဘယ်လောက် (my) (bhailauk)
Carpathian Rusyn: кі́лько (kílʹko)
Catalan: quant (ca)
Chamicuro: netna
Chechen: мел (mel)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 幾多 / 几多 (yue) (gei² do¹)

Dungan: дуәшо (duəšo), җи (ži)

Mandarin: 多少 (zh) (duōshao), 幾 / 几 (zh) (jǐ) (below ten)

Wu: 多少 (¹tu-sau)
Chuvash: мӗн чухлӗ (mĕn č̬uhlĕ)
Czech: kolik (cs)
Dalmatian: cont m
Danish: hvor meget
Dutch: hoeveel (nl)
Erzya: зяро (źaro), мезяро (meźaro) (archaic), мияро (mijaro) (archaic)
Esperanto: kiom (eo)
Estonian: kui palju
Finnish: paljonko (fi), kuinka paljon
French: combien (fr)
Friulian: cetant
Galician: canto (gl)
Georgian: რამდენი (ka) (ramdeni)
German: wie viel (de)
Greek: πόσος (el) m (pósos), πόση (el) f (pósi), πόσο (el) n (póso)
Ancient: πόσος (pósos), πόση f (pósē), πόσον n (póson)
Guaraní: mboy
Hebrew: כַּמָּה (he) (káma)
Hiligaynon: pila
Hindi: कितना (hi) (kitnā)
Hungarian: mennyi (hu)
Icelandic: hversu mikið
Ido: quanta (io)
Indonesian: berapa (id)
Ingush: мел (mel)
Irish: cé mhéad, cá mhéad
Italian: quanto (it) m, quanta (it) f
Japanese: 幾ら (ja) (いくら, ikura), いくら (ja) (ikura), 何ぼ (なんぼ, nanbo) (Kyoto dialect)
Kapampangan: pakananu
Kazakh: қанша (qanşa), неше (neşe)
Khmer: ប៉ុន្មាន (km) (ponmaan)
Korean: 얼마나 (ko) (eolmana), 얼마 (ko) (eolma)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: çend (ku)
Kyrgyz: канча (ky) (kanca), нече (ky) (nece)
Lao: ເທົ່າໃດ (thao dai), ຈັກ (chak), ປານໃດ (pān dai), ພຽງໃດ (phīang dai), ສັກທໍ່ໃດ (sak thǭ dai), ຮາວໃດ (hāo dai), ຮາວ (hāo)
Latgalian: kai
Latin: quantus (la)
Latvian: cik
Lithuanian: kiek
Macedonian: ко́лку (mk) (kólku)
Malay: berapa (ms)
Malayalam: എത്ര (ml) (etra)
Maltese: kemm (mt)
Mòcheno: biavle
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хэдэн (xeden)
Navajo: díkwíí?
Norman: combein (Jersey), caombian (Guernsey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hvor mye

Nynorsk: kor mykje
Ojibwe: aaniin minik
Old East Slavic: колико (koliko)
Old English: hū miċel
Pannonian Rusyn: кельо (kelʹo)
Persian: چِقَدر (fa) (čeqadr), چَند (fa) (čand)
Polish: ile (pl)
Portuguese: quanto (pt)
Quechua: hayk'a (qu)
Romanian: cât (ro)
Romansch: quant, con, quànt, quaunt
Russian: ско́лько (ru) (skólʹko)
Sardinian: cantu
Scottish Gaelic: cia mheud
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: колѝко

Roman: kolìko (sh)
Sicilian: quantu (scn)
Slovak: koľko
Slovene: kóliko (sl)
Southern Altai: канча (kanča)
Spanish: cuánto (es)
Swahili: kiasi gani
Swedish: hur mycket
Tagalog: gaano
Tajik: чӣ қадар (či qadar)
Thai: เท่าไร (th) (tâo-rai), กี่ (th) (gìi)
Tibetan: ག་ཚོད (ga tshod)
Tok Pisin: hamas
Turkish: ne kadar (tr)
Turkmen: näçe, näden
Ukrainian: скі́льки (skílʹky)
Urdu: کِتْنا (kitnā)
Uyghur: قانچە (qanche)
Uzbek: qancha (uz)
Venetan: cuanto, cuant
Vietnamese: mấy (vi) (below ten), bao nhiêu (vi) (above ten)
Welsh: faint (cy) m
Wolof: ñaata (wo)
Yakut: хас (qas)
Yiddish: וויפֿל (vifl)
Yup'ik: qavcin
Zazaki: çenday

what is the cost/price?

Afrikaans: hoeveel (af)
Arabic: بِكَم (bikam), بِكَمْ هٰذَا؟ (bikam hāḏā?)
Egyptian Arabic: بكام (bikām)

North Levantine Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš), قدي (ʔaddē) (Lebanon)

South Levantine Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš)
Azerbaijani: neçəyədir
Belarusian: ко́лькі гэ́та кашту́е (kólʹki héta kaštúje)
Bikol Central: mamira, manggurano
Breton: pegement (br)
Bulgarian: ко́лко е (kólko e), ко́лко стру́ва (kólko strúva)
Burmese: ဘယ်လောက်လဲ (bhailauklai:)
Catalan: quant (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 幾錢？ / 几钱？ (gei² cin^4-2)

Mandarin: 多少錢？ / 多少钱？ (zh) (duōshao qián?)
Czech: kolik to stojí?
Dutch: hoeveel (nl)
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: paljonko se maksaa? (literally “how much does it cost?”), mitä se maksaa? (literally “what does it cost?”), paljonko? (fi) (colloquial)
French: c’est combien ?
Galician: canto custa?, canto é?
Georgian: რა ღირს (ra ɣirs)
German: wieviel kostet das?
Greek: πόσο κάνει αυτό (póso kánei aftó), πόσο κοστίζει αυτό (póso kostízei aftó)
Hiligaynon: tagpila
Hindi: कितना है? (kitnā hai?)
Hungarian: (how much does it cost?) mennyibe kerül?, (how much do you charge for it?) mennyit kér érte?
Ido: quanta olu kustas?
Indonesian: berapa banyak?
Italian: quanto costa?, quant'è
Japanese: これは幾らですか (これはいくらですか, kore wa ikura desu ka?), いくらですか (ikura desu ka?)
Kapampangan: magkanu
Khmer: ថ្លៃ ប៉ុន្មាន (thlay ponmaan)
Korean: 얼마입니까? (eolma-imnikka?), 얼마에요? (eolma-eyo?), 이거 얼마에요? (igeo eolma-eyo?)
Latgalian: cik
Latvian: cik
Macedonian: ко́лку чи́ни? (kólku číni?)
Malay: berapa banyak?
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хэд вэ? (xed ve?)
Navajo: díkwíí?
Palauan: ngtelang a cheral?
Pannonian Rusyn: кельо то кошта (kelʹo to košta)
Persian: چند (fa) (čand)
Polish: ile (pl), ile kosztuje
Portuguese: quanto custa?
Romanian: cât costă?
Russian: ско́лько э́то сто́ит (skólʹko éto stóit), почём (ru) (počóm) (casual)
Scottish Gaelic: dè na
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: колико је то?, колико кошта?

Roman: koliko je to?, koliko košta?
Slovak: koľko to stojí?
Slovene: koliko to stane?
Spanish: ¿cuánto cuesta?
Tagalog: magkano
Thai: นี่เท่าไร (nîi tâo-rai?)
Ukrainian: скі́льки це ко́штує (skílʹky ce kóštuje), скі́льки це сто́їть (skílʹky ce stójitʹ)
Vietnamese: cái này giá bao nhiêu?
Welsh: faint (cy) m

Adverb

how much

(interrogative) To what degree; to what extent.
How much do you like me?

It's a real bargain, considering both its price and how much in need of one we are.

Translations

to what degree, to what extent

Dutch: hoezeer (nl)
Finnish: paljonko, kuinka paljon
Georgian: რამდენად (ramdenad)
German: wie sehr
Hungarian: mennyire? (hu)
Romanian: cât de mult
Welsh: faint (cy)

Interjection

how much?

(UK, slang, obsolete) you what? huh?

References

(interjection): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

References

“how much”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.