Luft

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See also: luft, lüft, and ľuft

German

Etymology

From Middle High German luft m or f, from Old High German luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz.

Compare Dutch lucht, Old English lyft, Danish luft, Swedish luft, Icelandic loft. The word was originally masculine in Upper German. The feminine is Central German, reinforced by Middle Low German luft, lucht f.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʊft/
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  • Rhymes: -ʊft

Noun

Luft f (genitive Luft, plural Lüfte, diminutive Lüftchen n)

  1. air, atmosphere
  2. breeze, zephyr, breath

Declension

Declension of Luft
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Luft die Lüfte
genitive einer der Luft der Lüfte
dative einer der Luft den Lüften
accusative eine die Luft die Lüfte

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: luft
  • → Czech: luft
  • → Luxembourgish: Loft
  • → Kashubian: lëft
  • → Polish: luft
  • → Silesian: luft

Further reading

  • “Luft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Luft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Luft” in Duden online
  • Luft on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German luft, from Old High German luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu.

Pronunciation

Noun

Luft f (plural Lift, diminutive Liftche)

  1. air
    Im Winter fliehe die drockne Bletter in de Luft romm.
    In winter, the dry leaves fly around in the air.

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German luft, from Old High German luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu.

Compare German Luft, Dutch lucht, Old English lyft, Swedish luft.

Noun

Luft f (plural Lifde)

  1. air
  2. the sky

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian luft, lufte, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz. More at lift.

Noun

Luft f

  1. air (gas)

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