Mehrheit

Meaning

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

Synonyms

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
Mehr‧heit
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t/
Etymology

Calque of Dutch meerderheid (1719), itself probably a calque (± 1600) of French pluralité (“majority”), originating 1559. Old High German mērheit (“quality of being more”) had no attested continuation. Analyzable as mehr (“more”) + -heit (“-hood”).

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