nur

Noun

nur (plural nurs)

1. A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl.
2. (obsolete) A hard knob of wood used in playing hockey.
   • W. Howitt

     I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather.

Anagrams

• URN, run, urn

Etymology

Unknown

Adjective

nur m (feminine nure)

1. attractive (of a person)
2. palatial (of a building)

Etymology

From German nur.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

nur

1. only, just
   • 1888, L. L. Zamenhof, Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia, Project Gutenberg transcription

     Se mi nur estus sana, mi estus tute kontenta.

     If only I would be healthy, I would be fully content.

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːɐ̯/

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• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

Adverb

nur

1. only, just, merely, simply

   Nur reife Kirschen dürfen auf den Kuchen.

   Only ripe cherries may go on the cake.

   Du musst nur die Werte eingeben und den Rest macht der Computer.

   You just have to enter the values and the computer will do the rest.

2. ever; at all

   Ich helfe dir, wo ich nur kann.

   I’ll help you wherever I can.

3. however, though

   Wir könnten es versuchen. Nur wären die Risiken sehr hoch.

   We could try. The risks would be very high, however.

Conjunction

nur

1. (chiefly colloquial) but

   Ich wär auf jeden Fall dabei, nur ich hab echt keine Zeit.

   I’d definitely come along, but I really don’t have the time.

Etymology

From Esperanto nur, from German nur.

Adverb

nur

1. only, merely

Etymology

From Arabic نُور‎ (nūr).

Noun

nur (plural nur-nur)

1. light

Etymology

From Esperanto nur, from German nur.

Adverb

nur

1. only, just

Noun

núr (plural núr)

1. body

Further reading

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Noun

nur m pers

1. loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Preposition

nur

1. in your (plural and formal singular)

Etymology

From Arabic نور‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuɾ/

Noun

nur (definite accusative nuru, plural nurlar)

1. (Islam) The Holy Light