Luft

Meaning

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

Concepts

air

sky

atmosphere

aerial

wind

empty sky

empty space

mid-air

aura

airy

overhead

air gap

backlash

gap

looseness

lost motion

play

breath

air stream

air-current

airflow

windiness

windy spasm

empyrean

ether

firmament

heaven

heavens

space

welkin

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lʊft/

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.

Sentences

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.