Luft

Betekenis

1. (feminine) air, atmosphere
2. (feminine) breeze, zephyr, breath

Geslag

♀️ Vroulik

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/lʊft/

Etimologie

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.

Sinne

Er macht seinem Ärger nicht Luft , sondern schluckt alles runter .

He does not vent his anger, but swallows it all down.

Dass Luft eine Masse besitzt und Gewichtskraft ausübt , spürt man beim Tauchen .

You can feel that air has a mass and exerts weight when diving.