bloß

== Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bloß, from earlier blōȥ, from Old High German blōz (“bare, naked”). Cognate to German bloß === Adverb === bloß merely, just, only === References === Hans Rudolf Balmer: Es chunnt geng, wie's mueß: Bärndütschi Geschichte. Verlag Friedrich Reinhardt AG., Basel, [1958?], e.g. p. 16, 39, 77 (H. R. Balmer lived from 1899 till 1993) Manfred Bosch: Wa witt no meh: Alemannische Gedichte – herausgegeben von Siegmund Kopitzki, mit Grafiken von Susanne Kiebler. Gmeiner-Verlag GmbH, Meßkirch, 2019 == German == === Alternative forms === blos bloss (Switzerland, Liechtenstein) === Etymology === From Middle High German blōȥ, from Old High German blōz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-West Germanic *blaut, 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bloːs/ Rhymes: -oːs === Adjective === bloß (strong nominative masculine singular bloßer, comparative bloßer, superlative am bloßesten) mere, sole bare, uncovered, nude Synonym: nackt ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === bloß merely, only Synonym: nur (colloquial, modal particle) Used to add emphasis or to respond to a request. Pass bloß auf! ― Just watch out! === Descendants === Kashubian: blós Slovincian: blós === Further reading === “bloß (Partikel)” in Duden online “bloß (Adverb)” in Duden online “bloß (Adjektiv)” in Duden online “bloß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache