nur

From late Middle High German nuor, contracted from older niwer, newære, from Old High German niwāri, ni wāri (“were it not”). Cognate with Yiddish נאָר (nor), Dutch maar, Old English nǣre.

Cognate with Dutch

maar

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Im Angebot stand nur ein
1

Modell .

There was only one model on offer.

Natürlich ist dies nur ein
1

kleiner Beitrag .

Of course, this is only a small contribution.

Seine Rede kann man
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nur als zynisch bezeichnen .

His speech can only be described as cynical.

Nur der Turm und der Chor blieben unverändert .

Only the tower and the choir remained unchanged.

Die Entwicklung des Flugzeugs kam jedoch nur sehr langsam voran .

However, the development of the aircraft progressed very slowly.

Sie muss nur lange genug schütteln , dann hat sie
👩

stilles Wasser .

She just has to shake long enough, then she has still water.

Das gilt natürlich nur für tiefe Gullys.

Of course, this only applies to deep gullies.

Die Mona-Lisa in der Galerie ist natürlich nur eine Kopie .

The Mona Lisa in the gallery is of course only a copy.

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/nuːɐ̯/

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