zuiver - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• IPA^(key): /ˈzœy̯vər/
• Hyphenation: zui‧ver
• Rhymes: -œy̯vər

From Middle Dutch suver, from Old Dutch *sūvar, from Latin sōbrius. Doublet of sober.

zuiver (comparative zuiverder, superlative zuiverst)

1. pure
2. clean, tidy
3. net (i.e after expenses and taxes, when talking about profit, as in zuivere winst)
4. guiltless, clean (e.g conscience)
5. (music) in tune

   Antonym: vals

6. (statistics) unbiased

Declension of zuiver
uninflected	zuiver
inflected	zuivere
comparative	zuiverder
	positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial	zuiver	zuiverder	het zuiverst het zuiverste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	zuivere	zuiverdere	zuiverste
n. sing.	zuiver	zuiverder	zuiverste
plural	zuivere	zuiverdere	zuiverste
definite	zuivere	zuiverdere	zuiverste
partitive	zuivers	zuiverders	—

• Afrikaans: suiwer
• → Aukan: soifili
• → Sranan Tongo: soifri
  • → Saramaccan: sóífí

zuiver

1. (Suriname, colloquial) that's right, correct, exactly, agreed

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

zuiver

1. inflection of zuiveren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative