This is the 524th most frequent Finnish word.
määrän
"määrän" = "the amount" or "of the amount" (possessive/genitive form of "määrä").
Here, 'määrän' is in the accusative case, indicating the specific amount of sugar affected by the verb 'increase' in the action.
Hän päätti lisätä määrän sokeria reseptiin.
He decided to increase the amount of sugar in the recipe.
Here, 'määrän' is in the genitive case, indicating possession or association, showing what is to be understood.
Määrän ymmärtäminen on tärkeää.
Understanding the amount is important.
Here, 'määrän' is in the genitive case, indicating possession or specification of the action described by 'exceeding'.