Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #85
Word (Wort)

mehr

Translation (Übersetzung) more
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /meːɐ/
A1
Adverbs
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common adverb comparison quantity
Adverb meaning 'more'. Used for comparison or additional quantity. Eighty-fifth most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich möchte mehr.
I want more.
quantity
Er hat mehr als ich.
He has more than I do.
comparison
Ich arbeite nicht mehr dort.
I no longer work there.
negation
Es wird immer mehr.
It becomes more and more.
progression

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
mehr als
more than
High frequency
nicht mehr
no longer, not anymore
High frequency
immer mehr
more and more
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
nicht mehr
no longer, not anymore
Expressing that something has stopped
mehr oder weniger
more or less
Expressing approximation
Synonyms (Synonyme)
weiter Medium similarity
Further, more (different usage)
Antonyms (Antonyme)
weniger
Less (opposite)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

weniger mehrere viel Adverb

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