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German
Etymology
From Middle High German mēre, from Old High German mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô, from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”). See English more for more.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
mehr
- something more
sich für mehr halten- to think one is something more
Mehr will er nicht bezahlen.- He doesn't want to pay more.
Er sieht mehr als ich.- He sees more than I see.
Usage notes
- This pronoun could be considered a comparative of the pronoun viel although comparison isn't usually a feature of pronouns.
Determiner
mehr
- comparative degree of viel; more
- Antonym: weniger
Willst du mehr Essen?- Do you want more food?
mit mehr oder weniger Erfolg- with a greater or lesser degree of success
Ich habe mehr Haare als du.- I have more hair than you.
zwei Kilo mehr- two more kilos
Usage notes
- This word is never declined and cannot be used with articles but it's possible to use a declinable word mehrere for plural.
- Sometimes, the determiner is put after the word it describes.
Declension
Adverb
mehr
- more
- immer mehr ― more and more
- (with negation) no longer, never again, nothing more, not anymore
Er ist kein Kind mehr- He is no longer a child.
Ich mag dich nicht mehr.- I don't like you anymore.
- nicht mehr lange ― not much longer
- nichts mehr ― nothing more, nothing left
- nie mehr ― never again
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Further reading
- “mehr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache