mången

From Old Swedish manger, margher, marghin, from Old Norse mangr, margr, from Proto-Germanic *managaz.

mången c, månget n, många pl

1. many a
   • 1848, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Fänrik Ståls sägner

     mig vinkar från förflutna år / så mången vänlig stjärna

     to me wave from years past / so many a kind star

2. many, many people

   Många vill ha senap på korven.

   Many want mustard on their hot dog.

• This pronoun is also used as an adjective and noun.
• Swedish dictionaries SAOB and SAOL don't connect this pronoun mången, månget, många (“many”) to the adjectives fler (“more”) and flest (“most”), even though most (non-linguist) native speakers of Swedish consider them as forms of the same adjective.

• mycken

• mången in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• mången in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.