lukt

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

lukt

1. inflection of lukken:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• lugt

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish lygte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʏxt/
• Rhymes: -ʏxt

Noun

lukt f (genitive singular luktar, nominative plural luktir)

1. lantern, lamp

Declension

Declension of lukt (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lukt	luktin	luktir	luktirnar
accusative	lukt	luktina	luktir	luktirnar
dative	lukt	luktinni	luktum	luktunum
genitive	luktar	luktarinnar	lukta	luktanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lukt, from Middle Low German lucht, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz. Doublet of luft (“air”).

Noun

lukt f or m (definite singular lukta or lukten, indefinite plural lukter, definite plural luktene)

1. smell, odour (UK), odor (US), scent (any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume)

Derived terms

• luktesans
• luktfri

Related terms

• lukte

References

• “lukt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology 2

Verb

lukt

1. imperative of lukte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lukt, from Middle Low German lucht, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz. Doublet of luft (“air”).

Noun

lukt f (definite singular lukta, indefinite plural lukter, definite plural luktene)

1. smell, odour (UK), odor (US), scent (any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume)

Derived terms

• luktesans
• luktfri

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lukt, from Middle Low German lucht, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz. Doublet of luft (“air”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Gotland); “en lukt”:

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Noun

lukt c

1. smell, odor, scent (any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume)
2. Synonym of luktsinne (“sense of smell”) (luktsinne is more common)

Declension

Declension of lukt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lukt	lukts
	definite	lukten	luktens
plural	indefinite	lukter	lukters
	definite	lukterna	lukternas

Derived terms

• luktsinne (“sense of smell”)
• välluktande

See also

• arom (“aroma”)
• doft (“(pleasant) smell”)
• odör (“(foul) odor”)
• stank (“stench”)

References

• lukt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lukt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lukt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• kult