Lufthansa

English

Lufthansa’s wordmark and logo.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lufthansa, from a compound of Luft (“air”) +‎ Hansa (“guild; Hanseatic League”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lʊftˈhɑːnsə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /lʊftˈhɑnsə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnsə

Proper noun

Lufthansa

1. The national airline of Germany.

Translations

German national airline

• Arabic: لُوفْتْهَانْزَا (lūfthānzā)
• Armenian: Լուֆթհանզա (Luftʻhanza)
• German: Lufthansa
• Japanese: ルフトハンザ (rufutohanza)
• Korean: 루프트한자 (rupeuteuhanja)

German

Alternative forms

• LH, DLH (abbreviations)

Etymology

Compound of Luft (“air”) +‎ Hansa (“guild; Hanseatic League”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʊftˌhanza/

• Audio (Germany):

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• Hyphenation: Luft‧han‧sa

Proper noun

Lufthansa f (proper noun, genitive Lufthansa)

1. Lufthansa (German national airline)

Declension

Declension of Lufthansa [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Lufthansa
genitive	einer	der	Lufthansa
dative	einer	der	Lufthansa
accusative	eine	die	Lufthansa

Further reading

• “Lufthansa” in Duden online
• “Lufthansa”, in PONS (in German), Stuttgart: PONS GmbH, 2001–2024
• “Lufthansa” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon