Luft

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, 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.

• IPA^(key): /lʊft/

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• Rhymes: -ʊft

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

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

• → English: luft
• → Czech: luft
• → Luxembourgish: Loft
• → Kashubian: lëft
• → Polish: luft
• → Silesian: luft

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From Middle High German luft, from Old High German luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu.

• IPA^(key): /luft/

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.

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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.

Luft f (plural Lifde)

1. air
2. the sky

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

Luft f

1. air (gas)

• Lucht