Lüftchen
German, noun/ˈlʏftçən/
Lüftchen is spelled L-Ü-F-T-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lüftchen is a German neuter noun meaning “diminutive of Luft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geringe/schwache Luftbewegung”.
What does Lüftchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdiminutive of Luft
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. geringe/schwache Luftbewegung
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 Lüftchen
- Lüftchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lüftchen?
- /ˈlʏftçən/
- [ˈlʏftçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lüftchen in German?
Lüftchen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).