Luxembourgish

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Alternative forms

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  • Lut (chiefly southern dialects)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German lucht, from northern Old High German luht, a variant of luft with the northern West Germanic development -ft--cht-, which in Luxembourgish survives only in a small number of relict words (compare Griecht, uechter), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *luftu.

Cognate with Dutch lucht and German Luft. Doublet of Loft (air as a gas; current of air).

Noun

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Luucht f (uncountable)

  1. air, space, sky (the apparently open space above the ground of the earth)
    D'Vulle fléien an der Luucht.The birds are flying in the air.

Etymology 2

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From Middle High German lūchte, a variant of liuhte, from Old High German liuhta, *lūhta. Cognate with German Leuchte. For the vocalism compare liicht.

Noun

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Luucht f (plural Luuchten)

  1. lamp
  2. traffic light
  3. light
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