Loft

See also: loft, LOFT, and løft

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• From Middle English lofte (“loft, attic”), possibly a surname given to a household servant who worked in an upper chamber; see the noun loft.
• Borrowed from Danish Loft, a habitational surname.

Proper noun

Loft (plural Lofts)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Loft is the 36337^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 616 individuals. Loft is most common among White (86.36%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Loft”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 453.

Anagrams

• FLOT

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English loft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔft/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Loft n or (rare) m (strong, genitive Lofts, plural Lofts)

1. loft (a residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building)

   Synonyms: Atelierwohnung, Loftwohnung

Declension

Declension of Loft [neuter // masculine (rare), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Loft	die	Lofts
genitive	eines	des	Lofts	der	Lofts
dative	einem	dem	Loft	den	Lofts
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Loft	die	Lofts

Derived terms

• Loftjazz
• Loftwohnung

Noun

Loft m (strong, genitive Lofts, plural Lofts)

1. (sports, golf) loft (the pitch or slope of the face of a golf club)

Declension

Declension of Loft [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Loft	die	Lofts
genitive	eines	des	Lofts	der	Lofts
dative	einem	dem	Loft	den	Lofts
accusative	einen	den	Loft	die	Lofts

Further reading

• “Loft”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Loft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Loft” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From early modern German Luft, from Middle High German luft, from Old High German luft. Doublet of Luucht (“air as a space”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loft/

Noun

Loft f (uncountable)

1. air (as a gas, as breath)

   Ech kréie keng Loft.

   I can't breathe.

   (literally, “I don’t get air.”)

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German luft, lucht, from Old Saxon luft, luht, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu (“roof; atmosphere, air”).

Noun

Loft f

1. air
2. breeze

Derived terms

• kortloftich
• Loftblos
• Loftbrams
• loftdicht
• Loftdruck
• Loftflint
• Lofthimmel
• Loftkjeelunk
• Loftkjessen
• Loftklaup
• loftladich
• Loftloch
• Loftpomp
• Loftrua
• Loftrum
• Loftschepp
• Loftschruw
• Loftspieejel
• Loftstazion
• Lofttoch
• Loftwal

Related terms

• leften
• leftich