pur
German, adjective/puːr/
pur is spelled P-U-R (3 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written German, the 7,292nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pur is a German adjective meaning “pure, mere, sheer (nothing other than)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “lauter, unvermischt”.
What does pur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pure, mere, sheer (nothing other than)
Die pure Verzweiflung hat ihn dazu getrieben.
- 2
pure (not mixed with another ingredient)
Er trinkt puren Wodka.
- 3
rarepure (not polluted or sullied)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Polyurethan
adjective: 1. lauter, unvermischt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pur
- purer masculine nominative singular
- am pursten superlative
- pure feminine nominative singular
- pures neuter nominative singular
- puren genitive masculine singular
- purem dative masculine singular
- der pure definite includes-article masculine
- die pure definite feminine includes-article
- das pure definite includes-article neuter
- die puren definite includes-article nominative
- des puren definite genitive includes-article
- der puren definite feminine genitive
- dem puren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pur?
- /puːr/
- [pu(ː)ɐ̯]
- [puːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pur in German?
pur appears 9.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).