luftig

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʊftɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈlʊftɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: luf‧tig

Adjective

luftig (strong nominative masculine singular luftiger, comparative luftiger, superlative am luftigsten)

  1. lofty

Declension

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

luft +‎ -ig; possibly from German luftig

Adjective

luftig (neuter singular luftig, definite singular and plural luftige, comparative luftigere, indefinite superlative luftigst, definite superlative luftigste)

  1. airy (e.g. room)
  2. light (e.g. clothing, food)
  3. breezy

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

luft +‎ -ig; possibly from German luftig

Adjective

luftig (neuter singular luftig, definite singular and plural luftige, comparative luftigare, indefinite superlative luftigast, definite superlative luftigaste)

  1. airy (e.g. room)
  2. light (e.g. clothing, food)
  3. breezy

References

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German luftig. Equivalent to luft (air) +‎ -ig (y).

Adjective

luftig (comparative luftigare, superlative luftigast)

  1. high-ceilinged and spacious, airy (of an apartment or the like)
  2. light (of clothes or the like)
  3. airy, porous (of bread or the like)

Declension

Inflection of luftig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular luftig luftigare luftigast
Neuter singular luftigt luftigare luftigast
Plural luftiga luftigare luftigast
Masculine plural3 luftige luftigare luftigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 luftige luftigare luftigaste
All luftiga luftigare luftigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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