Lift in German

IPA: /lɪft/ Audio: De-at-Lift.ogg

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Rhymes: -ɪft Etymology: Late 19th century, unadapted borrowing from British English lift. Etymology templates: {{ubor|de|en-GB|lift|nocap=1}} unadapted borrowing from British English lift Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,e:s}} Lift m (strong, genitive Liftes or Lifts, plural Lifte or Lifts) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,e:s}} Forms: Liftes [genitive], Lifts [genitive], Lifte [plural], Lifts [plural], strong [table-tags], Lift [nominative, singular], Lifte [definite, nominative, plural], Lifts [definite, nominative, plural], Liftes [genitive, singular], Lifts [genitive, singular], Lifte [definite, genitive, plural], Lifts [definite, genitive, plural], Lift [dative, singular], Lifte [dative, singular], Liften [dative, definite, plural], Lifts [dative, definite, plural], Lift [accusative, singular], Lifte [accusative, definite, plural], Lifts [accusative, definite, plural]

Inflected forms

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"Lift" meaning in German

Noun

Inflected forms