suiwer

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch zuiver.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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suiwer (attributive suiwere, comparative suiwerder, superlative suiwerste)

  1. pure
  2. clean, tidy
  3. neat, pure (i.e after expenses and taxes, when talking about profit)
    suiwer wins
    pure profit

Derived terms

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Verb

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suiwer (present suiwer, present participle suiwerende, past participle gesuiwer)

  1. to purify
  2. to clean, to cleanse