Lucht

See also: lucht and Luucht

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German lucht, just a specification of the general sense of “air” in Luft—as became the primary meaning in English loft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊxt/, [lʊxt]
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• Rhymes: -ʊχt

Noun

Lucht f (genitive Lucht, plural Luchten)

1. (archaic, Northern Germany) garret

   Near-synonyms: Dachboden, Söller

Declension

Declension of Lucht [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Lucht	die	Luchten
genitive	einer	der	Lucht	der	Luchten
dative	einer	der	Lucht	den	Luchten
accusative	eine	die	Lucht	die	Luchten

Further reading

• “Lucht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Lucht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Lucht” in Duden online

Saterland Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian liācht (perhaps influenced by Middle Low German lucht), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (“light”).

Alternative forms

• Ljoacht

Noun

Lucht n

1. light

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German lucht, from Old Saxon luft, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz. More at lift.

Noun

Lucht f

1. atmosphere
2. sky; the heavens

Related terms

• Luft