";s:4:"text";s:3691:" z.B. Those are both similar to some, few or several. Viel Wasser, viel Mehl….. It's hard to distinguish which one describes a larger or smaller number or amount.|einige describes a unspecified number of persons - however not considerably many - while there's no stress that they are quite sparse while manche has often a hidden meaning of several specific or refers to a notorious group Einige is more than manche but still not much. So einige Tränen müssen fließen; So manche Tränen müssen fließen; So manche Träne muss fließen; So manch eine Träne muss fließen; These all mean the same, but while the first one is very plain, the last one can be regarded as poetic.
to me in this example, "manche" sounds right but I'm not sure. Andere sind grün." Manche means “some”.
(In this context, you can also use "einige" instead of … Setting your Language Level helps other users provide you with answers that aren't too complex or too simple. The Language Level symbol shows a user's proficiency in the languages they're interested in. JavaScript is disabled. For me, manche is used when there are not that many but more than two is used.
Only the user who asked this question will see who disagreed with this answer. “Some” and “a few” in English are also very similar, as you probably know. Viel means “much” or “a lot” and is used for uncountable things. is "Er gab mir einige Äpfel." einige might rather refer to more items than manche. To get this I try an other example: 3 out of 100 are manche and lets say 15 out of 100 are einige but still not much or many. It is very similar to “wenige” and is also used for countable things. As stated in another answer, manche might lean a bit towards referring to a specific instead of arbitrary subset. in context of food, expressing amount of food, is there a difference which one to use? Sign up for premium, and you can play other user's audio/video answers. then the translation is "einige (von den) X" (X in plural). Im Pons-Lexi… 6 Replies: einige vs. manche: Last post 11 Mar 12, 11:41: Es geht um die Verwendung von 'manche' und 'einige'. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Example: "Manche Äpfel sind rot. Synonym for Einige Einige - some Manche - few They can be used in the same way, but I feel like manche feels like less people are meant. a couple of - einige: Last post 24 May 05, 01:45: Nach meinem Verstaendnis hat "a couple of" eine strenge Assoziation mit "zwei". e.g. einige sounds somewhat more formal than manche.