Loft

== 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) A surname. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Loft is the 36337th 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/ === Noun === Loft n or (rare) m (strong, genitive Lofts, plural Lofts) loft (a residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building) Synonyms: Atelierwohnung, Loftwohnung ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Loftjazz Loftwohnung === Noun === Loft m (strong, genitive Lofts, plural Lofts) (sports, golf) loft (the pitch or slope of the face of a golf club) ==== Declension ==== === 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) air (as a gas, as breath) == Plautdietsch == === Noun === Loft f air breeze