Mehrheit
Meaning
- (feminine) majority; bulk
- (feminine) majority (specified as absolute Mehrheit)
- (feminine) plurality (specified as relative Mehrheit)
Concepts
greater part
most part
Synonyms
Hauptmasse
große Menge
größere Teil
über die Hälfte
größte Teil
absolute Mehrheit
Pluralis
die meisten
Frequency
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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