Mehr
See also: mehr
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Persian مهر (mehr). Doublet of Mithras and mitre.
Proper noun
editMehr
- 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
editEast Central German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editMehr 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
editEtymology
editSubstantive form of German mehr (“more”).
Noun
editMehr 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
editDeclension of Mehr [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Synonyms
edit(increase):
(majority):
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Mehr” in Duden online
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