Luft – German noun declension

Noun: Luft
Gender: Feminine
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Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like Luft

Luft, Lust,

Etymology

1. From Middle High German luft m or f, from Old High German luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz.
2. 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. See: Dutch Nouns 'lucht', Old English Nouns 'lyft', Danish Nouns 'luft', Swedish Nouns 'luft', Icelandic Nouns 'loft'.

Verbs referencing "Luft"

English Nouns loft, English Nouns luft, Danish Nouns luft, Swedish Nouns luft, Danish Nouns lugt.

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