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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.

louter (comparative louterder, superlative louterst)

  1. (inflected) pure
    het louterste goud ― the purest gold
  2. (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.
  • 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 of louter
uninflected louter
inflected loutere
comparative louterder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial louter louterder het louterst
het louterste
indefinite m./f. sing. loutere louterdere louterste
n. sing. louter louterder louterste
plural loutere louterdere louterste
definite loutere louterdere louterste
partitive louters louterders —

louter

  1. only, solely, purely