Lucht

See also: lucht and Luucht

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German lucht, just a specification of the general sense of “air” in Luft—as became the primary meaning in English loft.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʊxt/, [lʊxt]
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  • Rhymes: -ʊχt

Noun

Lucht f (genitive Lucht, plural Luchten)

  1. (archaic, Northern Germany) garret
    Near-synonyms: Dachboden, Söller

Declension

Declension of Lucht [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Lucht die Luchten
genitive einer der Lucht der Luchten
dative einer der Lucht den Luchten
accusative eine die Lucht die Luchten

Further reading

  • “Lucht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Lucht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Lucht” in Duden online

Saterland Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian liācht (perhaps influenced by Middle Low German lucht), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (“light”).

Alternative forms

Noun

Lucht n

  1. light

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German lucht, from Old Saxon luft, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz. More at lift.

Noun

Lucht f

  1. atmosphere
  2. sky; the heavens
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