Mehr

See also: mehr

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مهر (mehr). Doublet of Mithras and mitre.

Proper noun

Mehr

  1. The seventh solar month of the Persian calendar.
    • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 10:
      Under the full moon of the month of Mehr, with the torches hissing, the African and the Frank circled an ambit of packed earth.

Anagrams

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German morhe, morche, from Old High German morha, from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ. Cognate with obsolete English more (“carrot, parsnip”).

Noun

Mehr f (plural Mehrn)

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) carrot

Further reading
  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84:

German

Etymology

Substantive form of German mehr (“more”).

Noun

Mehr n (strong, genitive Mehrs, no plural)

  1. increase, excess
    ein Mehr an Arbeit, Steuern, Unkosten, ... ― an excess of work, taxes, costs, ...
  2. majority, more than half (50%) of some group
    Der Gesetzesentwurf der Volksinitiative scheiterte am Volksmehr. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension
Declension of Mehr [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Mehr
genitive eines des Mehrs
dative einem dem Mehr
accusative ein das Mehr

Synonyms

(increase):

(majority):

  • Volksmehr

Further reading
  • “Mehr” in Duden online
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