Luster
German, noun
Luster is spelled L-U-S-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luster is a German masculine noun meaning “alternative form of Lüster (“chandelier; metallic coating”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Lüster is a different word: “synonym of Kronleuchter (“chandelier”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mehrarmige Deckenlampe”.
What does Luster mean in English?
noun
- 1
Austriamasculinealternative form of Lüster (“chandelier; metallic coating”)
noun
- 1
datedmasculinesynonym of Kronleuchter (“chandelier”)
- 2
masculinea shining, metallic coating on ceramics etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aufwendig gestalteter, reich verzierter Kronleuchter 2. glänzendes, aus Baumwolle gefertigter Stoff, der leicht und dicht gewebt ist 3. glänzender, verschiedenfarbiger Überzug auf Glas, Porzellan und Tonwaren 4. metallähnlicher, auf glatte Flächen aufgetragener Glanz
noun: 1. mehrarmige Deckenlampe
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 Luster
- Lusters genitive
- Lustern dative definite plural
- Lüsters genitive
- Lüstern dative definite plural
- Luster alternative Austria
- Lüster variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Luster
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Luster in German?
Luster appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).