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German
Etymology
From Old High German purpura, from Proto-West Germanic *purpurā (“purple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuːɐ̯puːɐ̯/
- Hyphenation: Pur‧pur
Noun
Purpur m or (rare or archaic) n (strong, genitive Purpurs, plural (archaic) Purpure)
- the colour purple
- 1866–1868, Dr. L. Elsner (ed), Die chemisch-technischen Mittheilungen, vol. 16; Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Goldspur-Niederschläge:
1867, Dr. Matthias Jacob Schleiden, Das Meer:
- 1825, Brandes, Gmelin, Horner, Muncke, and Pfaff (eds), Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler's Physikalisches Wörterbuch, neu bearbeitet:
Die Farbenringe folgten einander in dieser Ordnung: den schwarzen Kreis in der Mitte umgab ein blauer, dann ein weiſser, rother, gelber Ring; [...]. Diese Farbenringe umschloſs eine zweite Farbenfolge, Violett, Blau, Grün, Gelb, Roth; [...] Die dritte Farbenfolge zeigte Purpur, Blau, Grün, Gelb, Roth; das Purpur war röther als das Violett der vorigen Reihe.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1898, Dr. Alexander Dedekind, Ein Beitrag zur Purpurkunde:
- (heraldry) purpure; purple in heraldry
Usage notes
Duden prefers the masculine gender for this word.
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Further reading
- “Purpur” in Duden online
- “Purpur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache