bloß

Meaning

Adj

1. mere, sole
2. bare, uncovered, nude

Adv

1. merely, only
2. (colloquial,modal,particle) Used to add emphasis or to respond to a request.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bloːs/

Etymology

From Middle High German bloß, from Middle High German blōȥ, from Old High German blōz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz (“void, emaciated, soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlaw- (“weak, frightened”).
Cognate with Dutch bloot (“bare, naked”), Danish blød (“soft, weak”), Swedish blott (“merely, just”), French blouse. More at blouse.

Sentences

Sie hat die Aussage bloß auf ihren Kern zurückgeführt .

She merely traced the statement back to its core.

Man braucht sich ja bloß mal die Immobilienpreise angucken .

You just have to look at the real estate prices.

Für Tante Gertrud ist ihr Computer bloß eine Schreibmaschine mit Korrekturfunktion.

For Aunt Gertrud, her computer is just a typewriter with a correction function.