Loff

See also: loff and lóff

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Luff (Kölsch and some other Ripuarian dialects)
• Luft, Loft (Moselle Franconian, in western dialects only for “air as a gas”)
• Luucht, Luht (western Moselle Franconian, “air as a space”)
• Looch, Luuch, Luht, Lueht (Ripuarian, “air as a space” but archaic in Cologne and some other places)

Etymology

From Middle High German luft, chiefly through German Luft, from Old High German luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lof/

Noun

Loff f

1. (Ripuarian) air (gas)
2. (Ripuarian, some dialects) air (the apparently open space above the ground of the earth)

Plautdietsch

Noun

Loff m

1. praise, acclaim, kudos