"Mehrheit" meaning in German

See Mehrheit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t/, /ˈmɛɐ̯haɪ̯t/ Audio: De-at-Mehrheit.ogg [Austria], De-Mehrheit.ogg
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”). Etymology templates: {{cal|de|nl|meerderheid}} Calque of Dutch meerderheid, {{der|de|fr|pluralité||majority}} French pluralité (“majority”), {{cog|goh|mērheit||quality of being more}} Old High German mērheit (“quality of being more”), {{suffix|de|mehr|-heit|t1=more|t2=-hood}} mehr (“more”) + -heit (“-hood”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Mehrheit f (genitive Mehrheit, plural Mehrheiten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Mehrheit [genitive], Mehrheiten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Mehrheit [nominative, singular], Mehrheiten [definite, nominative, plural], Mehrheit [genitive, singular], Mehrheiten [definite, genitive, plural], Mehrheit [dative, singular], Mehrheiten [dative, definite, plural], Mehrheit [accusative, singular], Mehrheiten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. majority; bulk Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Mehrheit-de-noun-bZCVYViL Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -heit Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 54 22 24 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -heit: 52 24 23
  2. (politics) majority (specified as absolute Mehrheit) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-Mehrheit-de-noun-NpPtMad9 Topics: government, politics
  3. (politics) plurality (specified as relative Mehrheit) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-Mehrheit-de-noun-YOV1f37s Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Majorität

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Minderheit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Minorität"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "cal"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fr",
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        "4": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "French pluralité (“majority”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "mērheit",
        "3": "",
        "4": "quality of being more"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "mehr",
        "3": "-heit",
        "t1": "more",
        "t2": "-hood"
      },
      "expansion": "mehr (“more”) + -heit (“-hood”)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Mehrheit",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mehrheiten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mehrheit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Mehrheit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mehrheit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mehrheiten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Mehrheit f (genitive Mehrheit, plural Mehrheiten)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Mehr‧heit"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 22 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis": "52 24 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -heit",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "majority; bulk"
      ],
      "id": "en-Mehrheit-de-noun-bZCVYViL",
      "links": [
        [
          "majority",
          "majority"
        ],
        [
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          "bulk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "de:Politics",
          "parents": [
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-Mehrheit-de-noun-NpPtMad9",
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "majority",
          "majority"
        ],
        [
          "absolute Mehrheit",
          "absolute Mehrheit#German"
        ]
      ],
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        "(politics) majority (specified as absolute Mehrheit)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "politics"
      ]
    },
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            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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          "plurality"
        ],
        [
          "relative Mehrheit",
          "relative Mehrheit#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) plurality (specified as relative Mehrheit)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛɐ̯haɪ̯t/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Mehrheit.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/De-at-Mehrheit.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Austria)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Mehrheit.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/De-Mehrheit.ogg/De-Mehrheit.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/De-Mehrheit.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 50 50",
      "word": "Majorität"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Mehrheit"
  ],
  "word": "Mehrheit"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Minderheit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Minorität"
    }
  ],
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    "German 2-syllable words",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms calqued from Dutch",
    "German terms derived from Dutch",
    "German terms derived from French",
    "German terms suffixed with -heit",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "nl",
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      },
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      "name": "cal"
    },
    {
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        "2": "fr",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "4": "quality of being more"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "t2": "-hood"
      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Mehrheit",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mehrheiten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Mehrheit",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mehrheit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mehrheiten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Mehrheit f (genitive Mehrheit, plural Mehrheiten)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "majority; bulk"
      ],
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        [
          "majority",
          "majority"
        ],
        [
          "bulk",
          "bulk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "majority",
          "majority"
        ],
        [
          "absolute Mehrheit",
          "absolute Mehrheit#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) majority (specified as absolute Mehrheit)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "de:Politics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plurality (specified as relative Mehrheit)"
      ],
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          "politics",
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        [
          "plurality",
          "plurality"
        ],
        [
          "relative Mehrheit",
          "relative Mehrheit#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) plurality (specified as relative Mehrheit)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛɐ̯haɪ̯t/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/De-at-Mehrheit.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Austria)"
    },
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      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Majorität"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Mehrheit"
  ],
  "word": "Mehrheit"
}

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