Mehrheit

/ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Mehrheiten

Meaning

  1. majority

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

mehrzahl

Mehrheit and Mehrzahl are close synonyms for "majority"; Mehrzahl also separately has the grammatical sense of "plural."

Similar in other languages

French

majorité

majorité is the French word for the same thing — both mean "majority."

Portuguese

maioria

maioria is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "majority."

Practice

1 What does Mehrheit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ der Bürger stimmte für die Reform.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Mehrheit?

Opposites

  • minderheit
noun

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