Luft

See also: luft, lüft, and ľuft

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈluft]

Proper noun

Luft m anim (female equivalent Luftová)

  1. 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/
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    • Rhymes: -ʊft

    Noun

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

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

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    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)

    1. 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)

    1. air
    2. the sky

    Saterland Frisian

    Etymology

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

    Noun

    Luft f

    1. air (gas)