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

Declension of Luft (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Luft	Luftové
genitive	Lufta	Luftů
dative	Luftovi	Luftům
accusative	Lufta	Lufty
vocative	Lufte	Luftové
locative	Luftovi	Luftech
instrumental	Luftem	Lufty

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, 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:

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• Rhymes: -ʊft

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of Luft [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Luft	die	Lüfte
genitive	einer	der	Luft	der	Lüfte
dative	einer	der	Luft	den	Lüften
accusative	eine	die	Luft	die	Lüfte

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)

1. air

   Im Winter fliehe die drockne Bletter in de Luft romm.

   In winter, the dry leaves fly around in the air.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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)

Related terms

• Lucht