Polyglot Dictionary

Minderheit

/ˈmɪndɐhaɪ̯t/

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

Forms

plural
die Minderheiten

Meaning

  1. minority

    • Nur eine kleine Minderheit war dagegen.

      Only a small minority was against it.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

minorité

minorité is the French word for the same thing — both mean "minority."

Portuguese

minoria

minoria is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "minority."

Practice

1 What does Minderheit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Nur eine kleine ___ war dagegen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Minderheit?

Opposites

  • mehrheit
noun

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