r/learndutch • u/Magicfanny123 • 4d ago

Nog VS meer?

So I just learned recently that nog can be and is the correct way of saying more in Dutch as in. Ik wil nog 3 eieren. I always thought meer was the word for more. So when then would you use meer instead of nog?

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u/de_G_van_Gelderland Native speaker (NL) 4d ago

Nog doesn't really mean more. It means still. It's just that in Dutch idiomatically you don't say "I want another 3 eggs", you say "I still want 3 eggs".

In a vacuum, meer is really the best translation for more. It's just that sentences and especially idioms don't always translate word for word. In most situations it works though:

3 eggs is more than 2 - 3 eieren is meer dan 2
I want more eggs - Ik wil meer eieren
I have more eggs than you - Ik heb meer eieren dan jij
More isn't always better - Meer is niet altijd beter

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u/Magicfanny123 4d ago

Ok so meer is more of a comparison in a way?