"Luftnummer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [German]

IPA: [ˈlʊftˌnʊmɐ] Audio: De-Luftnummer.ogg
Etymology: Luft (“air”) + Nummer (“act, performance”) Etymology templates: {{af|de|Luft|Nummer|t1=air|t2=act, performance}} Luft (“air”) + Nummer (“act, performance”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Luftnummer f (genitive Luftnummer, plural Luftnummern) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Luftnummer [genitive], Luftnummern [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Luftnummer [nominative, singular], Luftnummern [definite, nominative, plural], Luftnummer [genitive, singular], Luftnummern [definite, genitive, plural], Luftnummer [dative, singular], Luftnummern [dative, definite, plural], Luftnummer [accusative, singular], Luftnummern [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (literal) acrobatic performance in the air Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Luftnummer-de-noun-rww70XoE
  2. (figurative, colloquial) hot air (boastful, overoptimistic or otherwise unserious statement or promise) Tags: colloquial, feminine, figuratively Synonyms: heiße Luft, Phantasiegebilde, Windei
    Sense id: en-Luftnummer-de-noun-3LXelCmp Categories (other): German terms with collocations, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 2 50 23 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 53 24 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 55 11 31
  3. (colloquial) flop (action or attempt that fails because of incompetent planning or execution) Tags: colloquial, feminine Synonyms: Flop, Fehlschlag
    Sense id: en-Luftnummer-de-noun-5AfEiN4l
  4. (colloquial, by extension) an unreliable person involved in any of the previous Tags: broadly, colloquial, feminine Synonyms: Schaumschläger, Windei, Luftikus
    Sense id: en-Luftnummer-de-noun-xu7mVzEr
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          "text": "Mit einer Luftnummer beginnt „in the land of small detail“, kopfüber hängt die langgliedrige Tänzerin in einem Gurt, das Gesicht nah am Boden, die langen Beine nach oben gewinkelt.",
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          "english": "to turn out to be an empty promise/flop",
          "text": "sich als reine Luftnummer erweisen",
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        },
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          "ref": "2019 August 21, Bernhard Pötter, “Luftnummer CO2-Kompensation: Die Mär vom klimaneutralen Fliegen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Anfang August wiederum hat der Bundesverband der Deutschen Luftverkehrswirtschaft (BDL) ein Konzept vorgestellt, um in Zukunft „verantwortungsbewusst und nachhaltig“ zu fliegen.[…]Doch diese Versprechen sind zum Teil Luftnummern.",
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          "ref": "2021 February 19, Thomas Gerlach, “Tesla in Brandenburg: Gegen den Strom”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Anfang des Jahres kursierte eine milliardenschwere Fördersumme für die Zellenfertigung, die sich als Luftnummer erwies.",
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          "word": "heiße Luft"
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        {
          "word": "Phantasiegebilde"
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          "ref": "2019 August 21, Bernhard Pötter, “Luftnummer CO2-Kompensation: Die Mär vom klimaneutralen Fliegen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Anfang August wiederum hat der Bundesverband der Deutschen Luftverkehrswirtschaft (BDL) ein Konzept vorgestellt, um in Zukunft „verantwortungsbewusst und nachhaltig“ zu fliegen.[…]Doch diese Versprechen sind zum Teil Luftnummern.",
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