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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian مهر (mehr). Doublet of Mithras and mitre.

Proper noun

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Mehr

  1. 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.

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Anagrams

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East Central German

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Etymology

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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

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Mehr f (plural Mehrn)

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) carrot

Further reading

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  • Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), 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] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84

German

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Etymology

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Substantive form of German mehr (more).

Noun

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Mehr n (strong, genitive Mehrs, no plural)

  1. increase, excess
    ein Mehr an Arbeit, Steuern, Unkosten, ...an excess of work, taxes, costs, ...
  2. 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

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Declension of Mehr [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Mehr
genitive eines des Mehrs
dative einem dem Mehr
accusative ein das Mehr

Synonyms

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(increase):

(majority):

Related terms

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Further reading

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  • Mehr” in Duden online