adjective
more
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mehr: means 'more'. Functions as determiner, adverb or pronoun (e.g., mehr Zeit, ich möchte mehr). Comparative form is mehr; superlative is am meisten. Antonym: weniger. Gradable and very common; used with nouns, verbs and quantities. No special preposition or reflexive use.
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Ich möchte mehr Brot, bitte.
I'd like more bread, please.
Die Firma kündigte an, mehr Personal einzustellen, damit die Produktion schneller laufen würde.
The company announced that it would hire more staff so that production would run more quickly.
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picture a bar graph with the right bar labeled 'mehr' growing taller
sounds like English 'mare' — imagine a bigger horse to remember 'more'
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Comparative form used both as adjective and adverb. Often paired with 'als' for comparisons (mehr ... als ...).