klar wie Klärchen

German

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.

Adjective

klar wie Klärchen (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) clear as day, crystal clear
    Synonyms: klar wie Kloßbrühe, glasklar

Declension

Indeclinable, predicative-only.

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