Feminine
Luft
Meaning
- (feminine) air, atmosphere
- (feminine) breeze, zephyr, breath
Concepts
Synonyms
luftförmig
Äußere
Raum zum Atmen
leerer Raum
Darmwind
Handlungsspielraum
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/lʊft/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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