louter

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#LOUTERCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#LOUTER louter, variant of luyter, lûter, lutter, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#LOUTERCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#LOUTER *lūtir, luttir, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#LOUTERCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#LOUTER *hlūtraz. The -ou- is probably due to influence by late Middle High GermanCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle High German#LOUTER lauter, older lūter, from Old High GermanCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old High German#LOUTER hlūter, from the same Germanic source. Compare modern German lauter.

Pronunciation

Adjective

louter (comparative louterder, superlative louterst)Category:Dutch lemmas#LOUTERCategory:Dutch adjectives#LOUTERCategory:Dutch adjectives with red links in their headword lines#LOUTERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#LOUTERCategory:Pages with entries#LOUTERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#LOUTER

  1. (inflected) pure
    het louterste goud ― the purest goldCategory:Dutch terms with usage examples#LOUTER
  2. (invariable) a lot of; a bunch of
    Het zijn louter leugens. ― It’s a bunch of lies.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#LOUTER
    Er zijn louter regels die we moeten volgen. ― There are a lot of rules we must follow.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#LOUTER

Usage notes

  • Sense 2 is originally a use of the adverb “purely” and is sometimes still interpretable as such. In the second example sentence, however, this is clearly not the case.

Declension

Declension of louter
uninflected louter
inflected loutere
comparative louterder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial louterlouterderhet louterst
het louterste
indefinite m./f. sing. louterelouterderelouterste
n. sing. louterlouterderlouterste
plural louterelouterderelouterste
definite louterelouterderelouterste
partitive louterslouterders—

Adverb

louterCategory:Dutch lemmas#LOUTERCategory:Dutch adverbs#LOUTERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#LOUTERCategory:Pages with entries#LOUTERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#LOUTER

  1. only, solely, purely

Derived terms

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