"Fem eller fler"

Translation: Five or more

[dajiang]

Is there any difference between fler and mer?

[Zmrzlina]

Roughly speaking, fler is used for number and mer for amount.

[PaulGratrex]

Kind of like 'fewer' and 'less' in English? Fewer bottles, less milk?

[Zmrzlina]

Yes.

[sufyazi]

on that note, how are those translated into Swedish? (fewer, less). Do they have the exact counterpart of 'fler/mer'?

[Zmrzlina]

Less = mindre
Fewer = färre

More = fler (number)
More = mer (amount)

Generally, the difference is a bit blurred, with mer/mindre being used for number too. But it's good to know that there might be a difference.

[sandeepa2]

Tack

[Christina_Hamsun]

As I understand, basically we use FLER for countable and MER for UNcountable nouns: fler människor - mer kärlek

[Iawesome2--GD]

uv wot??

[Zed480516]

"Fem" is a plural number, why not "Fem eller flera"?