Feminine

Luke

hatch (opening in the ceiling/floor of a room, in the deck of a ship, etc.)

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈluːkə/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Low German, from Middle Low German lūke, from Old Saxon lūkan (“to close”). Cognate with Dutch luik (“hatch”) and, more distantly, doublet of Loch (“hole”) and Lücke (“gap”); see the former for more.

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