Feminine

Luft

Meaning

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

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

luft

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

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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