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.

Loft (plural Lofts)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Loft is the 36337^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 616 individuals. Loft is most common among White (86.36%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Loft”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 453.

• FLOT

Unadapted borrowing from English loft.

• IPA^(key): /lɔft/

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Loft n or (rare) m (strong, genitive Lofts, plural Lofts)

1. loft (a residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building)

   Synonyms: Atelierwohnung, Loftwohnung

• Loftjazz
• Loftwohnung

Loft m (strong, genitive Lofts, plural Lofts)

1. (sports, golf) loft (the pitch or slope of the face of a golf club)

• “Loft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Loft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Loft” in Duden online

From early modern German Luft, from Middle High German luft, from Old High German luft. Doublet of Luucht (“air as a space”).

• IPA^(key): /loft/

Loft f (uncountable)

1. air (as a gas, as breath)

   Ech kréie keng Loft.

   I can't breathe.

   (literally, “I don’t get air.”)

Loft f

1. air
2. breeze

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