mehr

See also: Mehr

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mēre, from Old High German mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô, from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”). See English more for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːɐ̯/

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• Homophone: Meer
• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Pronoun

mehr

1. something more

   sich für mehr halten

   to think that one is something more

   Mehr will er nicht bezahlen.

   He doesn't want to pay more.

   Er sieht mehr als ich.

   He sees more than I.

Usage notes

• This pronoun could be considered a comparative of the pronoun viel although comparison isn't usually a feature of pronouns.

Determiner

mehr

1. comparative degree of viel: more

   Antonym: weniger

   Willst du mehr Essen?

   Do you want more food?

   mit mehr oder weniger Erfolg

   with a greater or lesser degree of success

   Ich habe mehr Haare als du.

   I have more hair than you.

   zwei Kilo mehr

   two more kilos

Usage notes

• This word is never declined and cannot be used with articles but it's possible to use a declinable word mehrere for plural.
• Sometimes, the determiner is put after the word it describes.

Declension

• Genitive: mehres (obsolete)
• Dative: mehrem (obsolete)

Adverb

mehr

1. more

   immer mehr ― more and more

2. (with negation) no longer, never again, nothing more, not anymore

   Er ist kein Kind mehr

   He is no longer a child.

   Ich mag dich nicht mehr.

   I don't like you anymore.

   nicht mehr lange ― not much longer

   nichts mehr ― nothing more, nothing left

   nie mehr ― never again

Derived terms

• mehr oder weniger
• Mehraufwand
• Mehrwert

Related terms

• meist
• mehrere

Further reading

• “mehr”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Turkish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmehɾ/

Noun

mehr (definite accusative mehri, plural mehrler)

1. alternative form of mehir (“mahr”)

Declension

Declension of mehr

singular plural nominative mehr mehrler definite accusative mehryi mehrleri dative mehrye mehrlere locative mehrde mehrlerde ablative mehrden mehrlerden genitive mehrnin mehrlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular mehrm mehrlerim 2nd singular mehrn mehrlerin 3rd singular mehrsi mehrleri 1st plural mehrmiz mehrlerimiz 2nd plural mehrniz mehrleriniz 3rd plural mehrleri mehrleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular mehrmi mehrlerimi 2nd singular mehrni mehrlerini 3rd singular mehrsini mehrlerini 1st plural mehrmizi mehrlerimizi 2nd plural mehrnizi mehrlerinizi 3rd plural mehrlerini mehrlerini dative singular plural 1st singular mehrme mehrlerime 2nd singular mehrne mehrlerine 3rd singular mehrsine mehrlerine 1st plural mehrmize mehrlerimize 2nd plural mehrnize mehrlerinize 3rd plural mehrlerine mehrlerine locative singular plural 1st singular mehrmde mehrlerimde 2nd singular mehrnde mehrlerinde 3rd singular mehrsinde mehrlerinde 1st plural mehrmizde mehrlerimizde 2nd plural mehrnizde mehrlerinizde 3rd plural mehrlerinde mehrlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular mehrmden mehrlerimden 2nd singular mehrnden mehrlerinden 3rd singular mehrsinden mehrlerinden 1st plural mehrmizden mehrlerimizden 2nd plural mehrnizden mehrlerinizden 3rd plural mehrlerinden mehrlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular mehrmin mehrlerimin 2nd singular mehrnin mehrlerinin 3rd singular mehrsinin mehrlerinin 1st plural mehrmizin mehrlerimizin 2nd plural mehrnizin mehrlerinizin 3rd plural mehrlerinin mehrlerinin

Derived terms

• mehr-i muaccel
• mehr-i müeccel
• mehr-i müsemma

Further reading

• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “mehr”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mehr”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3115