pur
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adjective
- pure, mere, sheernothing other than
- purenot mixed with another ingredient
- purenot polluted or sullied
Forms
Declension
| masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | purer | pure | pures | pure |
| genitive | puren | purer | puren | purer |
| dative | purem | purer | purem | puren |
| accusative | puren | pure | pures | pure |
Degrees
| comparative | purer |
|---|---|
| superlative | am pursten |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Die Kolumne über das Wandern im Schwarzwald ist pure Nostalgie.The column about hiking in the Black Forest is pure nostalgia.B2Noch einmal, bitte (1) — Once more, please (1) (B2)
- Der Gast aus Schottland trinkt seinen Whisky pur, und seine Frau bestellt einen Gin.The guest from Scotland drinks his whisky neat, and his wife orders a gin.B2Noch einmal, bitte (14) — Once more, please (14) (B2)
- Vreni hat früher bei Wettkämpfen Medaillen gewonnen, und Schwimmen ist für sie pures Glück.Vreni used to win medals in competitions, and swimming is pure happiness for her.B2Noch einmal, bitte (25) — Once more, please (25) (B2)
- Aus purer Langeweile zählt Greta in der Vorlesung über Statistik die Lampen an der Decke.Out of sheer boredom Greta counts the lamps on the ceiling in the statistics lecture.B2Noch einmal, bitte (34) — Once more, please (34) (B2)
Other ways to say it
- blankbright; spotlessly clean, shining, polished
- bloßmere, sole; bare, uncovered, nude
- reinpure, clear, plain
- sauberclean; neat, tidy
- schadstofffreipollutant-free
- schiernext, adjacent, immediate, soon, sudden; pure, undiluted, clear, bright, sheer
- unvermischtunmixed, unblended, pure, unadulterated; unalloyed