Luft

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See also: luft, lüft, and ľuft

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Luft m anim (female equivalent Luftová)

  1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Luft (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Luft Luftové
genitive Lufta Luftů
dative Luftovi Luftům
accusative Lufta Lufty
vocative Lufte Luftové
locative Luftovi Luftech
instrumental Luftem Lufty

Further reading

  • “Luft”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

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, Low German 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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