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What is the difference between “Plural” and “Mehrzahl”?
Distinction between “sei” and “war”Wie kommst du zu? / Wie kommst du in?What's the difference between “darf” and “kann”?Difference between “verarbeiten” and “aufarbeiten”What is the difference between “nun” and “jetzt”?Difference between “gemein” and “gemeinsam”Difference between “Lehrbuch” and “Unterrichtsbuch”Is there a specific difference between Abstrafung and Bestrafung?Difference between “mündig”, “volljährig”, and “reif”The difference between “auswirken auf” , “einwirken auf”, and “wirken auf”
What's the difference between "Plural" and "Mehrzahl" (and "Singular"/"Einzahl")? The dictionaries I've seen don't give much detail, except that Mehrzahl might be less common.
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"Plural" is the grammatical terminology. Mehrzahl means most likely "plural", but I never heard it in a grammatical context. I think it might be some similar like "Zukunft" (future) or "futur" (grammatical term).
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"Plural" is the grammatical terminology. Mehrzahl means most likely "plural", but I never heard it in a grammatical context. I think it might be some similar like "Zukunft" (future) or "futur" (grammatical term).
– peterh
2 hours ago
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"Plural" is the grammatical terminology. Mehrzahl means most likely "plural", but I never heard it in a grammatical context. I think it might be some similar like "Zukunft" (future) or "futur" (grammatical term).
– peterh
2 hours ago
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"Plural" is the grammatical terminology. Mehrzahl means most likely "plural", but I never heard it in a grammatical context. I think it might be some similar like "Zukunft" (future) or "futur" (grammatical term).
– peterh
2 hours ago
"Plural" is the grammatical terminology. Mehrzahl means most likely "plural", but I never heard it in a grammatical context. I think it might be some similar like "Zukunft" (future) or "futur" (grammatical term).
– peterh
2 hours ago
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Plural is a Latin term, die Mehrzahl is the equivalent German term.
However, this only applies when discussing grammar, as the noun die Mehrzahl has other uses as well.
In der Mehrzahl der Fälle verlaufen Infektionen mild.
It means majority then. You cannot use Plural in those cases. The counter term is die Minderzahl, as opposed to die Einzahl when discussing the singular grammar term.
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Thanks! Which style would be more useful in the context of e.g. a grammar book?
– rlms
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The Latin terms because they aren't used in other contexts. Some people disagreed in the past as pupils had been required to learn Latin to understand German grammar, but duh! it's just random names, who cares if this was Latin or Moonspeak?
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Plural is a Latin term, die Mehrzahl is the equivalent German term.
However, this only applies when discussing grammar, as the noun die Mehrzahl has other uses as well.
In der Mehrzahl der Fälle verlaufen Infektionen mild.
It means majority then. You cannot use Plural in those cases. The counter term is die Minderzahl, as opposed to die Einzahl when discussing the singular grammar term.
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Thanks! Which style would be more useful in the context of e.g. a grammar book?
– rlms
2 hours ago
The Latin terms because they aren't used in other contexts. Some people disagreed in the past as pupils had been required to learn Latin to understand German grammar, but duh! it's just random names, who cares if this was Latin or Moonspeak?
– Janka
2 hours ago
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Plural is a Latin term, die Mehrzahl is the equivalent German term.
However, this only applies when discussing grammar, as the noun die Mehrzahl has other uses as well.
In der Mehrzahl der Fälle verlaufen Infektionen mild.
It means majority then. You cannot use Plural in those cases. The counter term is die Minderzahl, as opposed to die Einzahl when discussing the singular grammar term.
answered 2 hours ago
JankaJanka
34.5k22966
Thanks! Which style would be more useful in the context of e.g. a grammar book?
– rlms
2 hours ago
The Latin terms because they aren't used in other contexts. Some people disagreed in the past as pupils had been required to learn Latin to understand German grammar, but duh! it's just random names, who cares if this was Latin or Moonspeak?
– Janka
2 hours ago
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Plural is a Latin term, die Mehrzahl is the equivalent German term.
However, this only applies when discussing grammar, as the noun die Mehrzahl has other uses as well.
In der Mehrzahl der Fälle verlaufen Infektionen mild.
It means majority then. You cannot use Plural in those cases. The counter term is die Minderzahl, as opposed to die Einzahl when discussing the singular grammar term.
answered 2 hours ago
JankaJanka
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Plural is a Latin term, die Mehrzahl is the equivalent German term.
However, this only applies when discussing grammar, as the noun die Mehrzahl has other uses as well.
In der Mehrzahl der Fälle verlaufen Infektionen mild.
It means majority then. You cannot use Plural in those cases. The counter term is die Minderzahl, as opposed to die Einzahl when discussing the singular grammar term.
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Thanks! Which style would be more useful in the context of e.g. a grammar book?
– rlms
2 hours ago
The Latin terms because they aren't used in other contexts. Some people disagreed in the past as pupils had been required to learn Latin to understand German grammar, but duh! it's just random names, who cares if this was Latin or Moonspeak?
– Janka
2 hours ago
add a comment |
Thanks! Which style would be more useful in the context of e.g. a grammar book?
– rlms
2 hours ago
The Latin terms because they aren't used in other contexts. Some people disagreed in the past as pupils had been required to learn Latin to understand German grammar, but duh! it's just random names, who cares if this was Latin or Moonspeak?
– Janka
2 hours ago
Thanks! Which style would be more useful in the context of e.g. a grammar book?
– rlms
2 hours ago
Thanks! Which style would be more useful in the context of e.g. a grammar book?
– rlms
2 hours ago
The Latin terms because they aren't used in other contexts. Some people disagreed in the past as pupils had been required to learn Latin to understand German grammar, but duh! it's just random names, who cares if this was Latin or Moonspeak?
– Janka
2 hours ago
The Latin terms because they aren't used in other contexts. Some people disagreed in the past as pupils had been required to learn Latin to understand German grammar, but duh! it's just random names, who cares if this was Latin or Moonspeak?
– Janka
2 hours ago
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"Plural" is the grammatical terminology. Mehrzahl means most likely "plural", but I never heard it in a grammatical context. I think it might be some similar like "Zukunft" (future) or "futur" (grammatical term).
– peterh
2 hours ago