Mehrheit

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Etymology

Loan translation (1719) of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch meerderheid (± 1600), itself probably a loan translation (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French pluralité (“majority”, 1559). Old High German mērheit (“quality of being more”) had no attested continuation. Analyzable as mehr (“more”) +‎ -heit (“-hood”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛɐ̯haɪ̯t/ (by a common merger)
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
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  • Hyphenation: Mehr‧heit

Noun

Mehrheit f (genitive Mehrheit, plural Mehrheiten)

  1. majority; bulk
  2. (politics) majority (specified as absolute Mehrheit)
  3. (politics) plurality (specified as relative Mehrheit)

Declension

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Further reading

  • “Mehrheit” in Duden online
  • “Mehrheit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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