Luft
German, noun/lʊft/
Luft is spelled L-U-F-T (4 letters) and appears 105 times per million words in written German, the 820th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luft is a German feminine noun meaning “air, atmosphere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “überwiegend aus Stickstoff und Sauerstoff bestehendes Gasgemisch, das Lebewesen zum Atmen benötigen”.
What does Luft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineair, atmosphere
- 2
femininebreeze, zephyr, breath
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. überwiegend aus Stickstoff und Sauerstoff bestehendes Gasgemisch, das Lebewesen zum Atmen benötigen 2. Raum, Bereich oberhalb der Erdoberfläche 3. leichter Wind 4. Atemluft
noun: 1. eine gerichtete Luftbewegung in der Atmosphäre
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Luft
- Lüfte plural
- Lüftchen diminutive neuter
- Lüftlein diminutive neuter
- Lüfterl diminutive neuter
- Lüften dative definite plural
- Lufts genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Luft?
- /lʊft/
- [lʊft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Luft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Luft in German?
Luft appears 105 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).