Purpur

== German == === Etymology === From Old High German purpura, from Proto-West Germanic *purpurā (“purple”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpuːɐ̯puːɐ̯/ Hyphenation: Pur‧pur === Noun === Purpur m or (rare or archaic) n (strong, genitive Purpurs, plural (archaic) Purpure) the colour purple 1866–1868, Dr. L. Elsner (ed), Die chemisch-technischen Mittheilungen, vol. 16; Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Goldspur-Niederschläge: 1825, Brandes, Gmelin, Horner, Muncke, and Pfaff (eds), Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler's Physikalisches Wörterbuch, neu bearbeitet: (heraldry) purpure; purple in heraldry ==== Usage notes ==== Duden prefers the masculine gender for this word. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: purpur === See also === === Further reading === “Purpur” in Duden online “Purpur”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)