Duft

See also: duft and Düfte

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tuft, from Old High German duft, thuft, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”); cognate with Danish duft (“fragrance”) and possibly Ancient Greek τῠφλός (tuphlós, “blind”).[1] The Middle High German t- is an irregular hardening (compare tausend) that was undone in modern German.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʊft/
  • Rhymes: -ʊft
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Noun

Duft m (strong, genitive Duftes or Dufts, plural Düfte, diminutive Düftchen n)

  1. smell, scent

Declension
Declension of Duft [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Duft die Düfte
genitive eines des Duftes, Dufts der Düfte
dative einem dem Duft, Dufte1 den Düften
accusative einen den Duft die Düfte

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1521

Further reading
  • “Duft” in Duden online
  • “Duft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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