Polyglot Dictionary

Mehrzahl

/ˈmeːɐ̯ˌtsaːl/

die noun B2

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

Meaning

  1. majority; plural

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

mehrheit

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

Similar in other languages

English

bulk

Close — a majority relates to the bulk.

Practice

1 What does Mehrzahl mean?

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3 Which fingerprint chart matches Mehrzahl?

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