See also: luft, lüft, and ľuft

German edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): /lʊft/
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  • Rhymes: -ʊft

Noun edit

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

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

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Descendants edit

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

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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.

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Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Luft f (plural Lifde)

  1. air
  2. the sky

Saterland Frisian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

Luft f

  1. air (gas)

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