klar wie Klärchen in German

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Etymology: A play on words; while the adjective klar cannot have a diminutive form, Klärchen (its morphological diminutive) is still valid as a diminutive of the female given name Klara. Head templates: {{de-adj|predonly}} klar wie Klärchen (indeclinable, predicative only) Inflection templates: {{de-adecl|predonly}}

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  "etymology_text": "A play on words; while the adjective klar cannot have a diminutive form, Klärchen (its morphological diminutive) is still valid as a diminutive of the female given name Klara.",
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "predonly"
      },
      "expansion": "klar wie Klärchen (indeclinable, predicative only)",
      "name": "de-adj"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "predonly"
      },
      "name": "de-adecl"
    }
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clear as day, crystal clear"
      ],
      "id": "en-klar_wie_Klärchen-de-adj-Cqq-oRz8",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "clear as day",
          "clear as day"
        ],
        [
          "crystal clear",
          "crystal clear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, humorous) clear as day, crystal clear"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "klar wie Kloßbrühe"
        },
        {
          "word": "glasklar"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "humorous",
        "indeclinable",
        "predicative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "klar wie Klärchen"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "A play on words; while the adjective klar cannot have a diminutive form, Klärchen (its morphological diminutive) is still valid as a diminutive of the female given name Klara.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "predonly"
      },
      "expansion": "klar wie Klärchen (indeclinable, predicative only)",
      "name": "de-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "predonly"
      },
      "name": "de-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        "German adjectives",
        "German colloquialisms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German humorous terms",
        "German lemmas",
        "German multiword terms",
        "German uncomparable adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clear as day, crystal clear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "clear as day",
          "clear as day"
        ],
        [
          "crystal clear",
          "crystal clear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, humorous) clear as day, crystal clear"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "klar wie Kloßbrühe"
        },
        {
          "word": "glasklar"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "humorous",
        "indeclinable",
        "predicative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "klar wie Klärchen"
}

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"klar wie Klärchen" meaning in German

Adjective