Puder

Borrowed from French poudre. Doublet of Pulver.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːdɐ/

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• Rhymes: -uːdɐ

Puder m or n (strong, genitive Puders, plural Puder)

1. powder (for cosmetic purposes)

• The more general word for “powder” is Pulver.
• The use as a neuter (perhaps influenced by Pulver n) is considered colloquial by some authorities, but is well attestable in edited texts. In the vernaculars of northern and central Germany, Puder is predominantly neuter.

• Babypuder

• Puderquaste

• pudern

• “Puder” in Duden online
• “Puder” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Puder” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.