Luft
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈluft]
Proper noun
Luft m anim (female equivalent Luftová)
- a male surname from German
Declension
Further reading
- “Luft”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
German
Etymology
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, Low German 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
- IPA(key): /lʊft/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ʊft
Noun
Luft f (genitive Luft, plural Lüfte, diminutive Lüftchen n)
Declension
Hyponyms
- Abendluft
- Atemluft
- Außenluft
- Bergluft
- Büroluft ("office air")
- Frischluft
- Frühlingsluft
- Heißluft
- Herbstluft
- Höhenluft
- Innenluft
- Innenraumluft
- Landluft
- Meeresluft
- Morgenluft
- Nachtluft
- Pressluft
- Raumluft
- Sommerluft
- Umgebungsluft
- Waldluft ("forest air")
- Winterluft
- Zugluft
Derived terms
- Abluft
- an die Luft gehen
- aus der Luft greifen
- in die Luft fliegen
- in die Luft sprengen
- in freier Luft
- Luft nach oben
- Luftabwehr
- Luftangriff
- Luftaufklärung
- Luftballon
- Luftblase
- Lüfter
- Luftfeuchtigkeit
- Luftgüte
- Lufthansa
- Luftherrschaft
- Lufthülle
- Luftkissenboot
- Luftschiff
- Luftschlag
- Luftschlange
- Luftschloss
- Luftspiegelung
- Luftwaffe
- Luftwurzel
- Luftzug
Descendants
- → English: luft
- → Czech: luft
- → Luxembourgish: Loft
- → Kashubian: lëft
- → Polish: luft
- → Silesian: luft
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
From Middle High German luft, from Old High German luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luft/
Noun
Luft f (plural Lift, diminutive Liftche)
- air
- Im Winter fliehe die drockne Bletter in de Luft romm.
- In winter, the dry leaves fly around in the air.
Further reading
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
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
Luft f (plural Lifde)
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian luft, lufte, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz. More at lift.
Noun
Luft f
- air (gas)