Translation examples
Es war pure Eitelkeit, ihn ins Wohnzimmer zu stellen.
It was pure vanity on your part to have it on display in the sitting room.
Er wusste genau, wie labil sie ist, aber er hat sie trotzdem genommen, aus purer Eitelkeit.
He knew perfectly well that she was a fragile woman, but he took her just the same, out of pure vanity.