Loff
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- Luff (Kölsch and some other Ripuarian dialects)
- Luft, Loft (Moselle Franconian, in western dialects only for “air as a gas”)
- Luucht, Luht (western Moselle Franconian, “air as a space”)
- Looch, Luuch, Luht, Lueht (Ripuarian, “air as a space” but archaic in Cologne and some other places)
Etymology
From Middle High German luft, chiefly through German Luft, from Old High German luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lof/
Noun
Loff f
- (Ripuarian) air (gas)
- (Ripuarian, some dialects) air (the apparently open space above the ground of the earth)
Plautdietsch
Noun
Loff m