Mehr
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See also: mehr
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Persian مهر (mehr). Doublet of Mithras and mitre.
Proper noun[edit]
Mehr
- The seventh solar month of the Persian calendar.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 10:
- Under the full moon of the month of Mehr, with the torches hissing, the African and the Frank circled an ambit of packed earth.
Anagrams[edit]
East Central German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German morhe, morche, from Old High German morha, from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ. Cognate with obsolete English more (“carrot, parsnip”).
Noun[edit]
Mehr f (plural Mehrn)
Further reading[edit]
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84:
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Substantive form of German mehr (“more”).
Noun[edit]
Mehr n (strong, genitive Mehrs, no plural)
- increase, excess
- majority, more than half (50%) of some group
- Der Gesetzesentwurf der Volksinitiative scheiterte am Volksmehr. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Mehr [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Synonyms[edit]
(increase):
(majority):
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Mehr” in Duden online
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