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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch louter, variant of luyter, lûter, lutter, from Old Dutch *lūtir, luttir, from Proto-Germanic *hlūtraz. The -ou- is probably due to influence by late Middle High German lauter, older lūter, from Old High German hlūter, from the same Germanic source. Compare modern German lauter.
Pronunciation
Adjective
louter (comparative louterder, superlative louterst)
- (inflected) pure
- het louterste goud ― the purest gold
- (invariable) a lot of; a bunch of
- Het zijn louter leugens. ― It’s a bunch of lies.
- Er zijn louter regels die we moeten volgen. ― There are a lot of rules we must follow.
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
Adverb
louter
- only, solely, purely
Derived terms