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The German word for air is
Luft





air

Gender

The gender of Luft is feminine. E.g. die Luft.

Plural

The plural of Luft is Lüfte.

German Definition


air
     Substantiv:
     [1] Luft, Atmosphäre, Luftraum
     [2] Brise, Luftzug, Lüftchen
     [3] Wetter
     [4] Rundfunk: Äther
     [5] Art, Stil
     [6] Miene, Aussehen, Wesen
     [7] Getue, Gehabe, Pose
          [1] "So your grave, middle-aged family practitioner vanishes into thin air, my dear Watson, and there emerges a young fellow under thirty, amiable, unambitious, absent-minded, and the possessor of a favourite dog, which I should describe roughly as being larger than a terrier and smaller than a mastiff."
             "Also Ihr gravitätischer Hausarzt mittleren Alters löst sich in Luft auf, mein lieber Watson, und hervorkommt ein junger Mann unter dreißig, freundlich, anspruchslos, zerstreut, und der Besitzer eines Lieblingshundes, den ich in etwa beschreiben sollte als größer als ein Terrier und kleiner als eine Dogge."



Translations for air and their definitions

Lüften
     n. dative plural of Luft
     v. to air, ventilate
     v. to lift, take off (a covering, such as a hat, veil, pot lid)
     v. (figurative) to unveil, reveal (a secret)


Luft
     n. air, atmosphere
     n. breeze, zephyr, breath


Arie
     n-f. (music) aria (solo singing piece, notably in operatic genres)


ausstrahlen
     v. to emanate (to come from a source)
     v. (telecommunications) to air; broadcast
     v. to floodlight


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