"Lufthansa" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈlʊftˌhan.za/, /ˈlʊft.hanˌzaː/ [also] Audio: De-Lufthansa.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Compound of Luft (“air”) + Hansa, an archaic variant of Hanse (“hansa, merchants’ guild, Hanseatic League”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|de|Luft|Hansa|t1=air}} Compound of Luft (“air”) + Hansa Head templates: {{de-proper noun|f.article}} die Lufthansa f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Lufthansa) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f.sg.article}} Forms: die Lufthansa [canonical, feminine], der Lufthansa [definite, genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Lufthansa [definite, nominative, singular], Lufthansa [definite, genitive, singular], Lufthansa [dative, definite, singular], Lufthansa [accusative, definite, singular], LH [alternative, abbreviation], DLH [alternative, abbreviation]
  1. Lufthansa (German national airline) Tags: definite, proper-noun, usually Related terms: Interflug

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Luft",
      "Luft#German"
    ],
    [
      "Hansa",
      "Hansa#German"
    ],
    [
      "Hanse",
      "Hanse#German"
    ],
    [
      "hansa",
      "hansa"
    ],
    [
      "guild",
      "guild"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Compound"
      },
      "expansion": "Compound",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Luft",
        "3": "Hansa",
        "t1": "air"
      },
      "expansion": "Compound of Luft (“air”) + Hansa",
      "name": "com+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of Luft (“air”) + Hansa, an archaic variant of Hanse (“hansa, merchants’ guild, Hanseatic League”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "die Lufthansa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "der Lufthansa",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lufthansa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lufthansa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lufthansa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lufthansa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "LH",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "DLH",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.article"
      },
      "expansion": "die Lufthansa f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Lufthansa)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Luft",
        "han",
        "sa"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.sg.article"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Aviation",
          "orig": "de:Aviation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Organizations",
          "orig": "de:Organizations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lufthansa (German national airline)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Lufthansa-de-name-yQ4j6iRC",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lufthansa",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Interflug"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "proper-noun",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlʊftˌhan.za/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlʊft.hanˌzaː/",
      "tags": [
        "also"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Lufthansa.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/De-Lufthansa.ogg/De-Lufthansa.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/De-Lufthansa.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lufthansa"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Luft",
      "Luft#German"
    ],
    [
      "Hansa",
      "Hansa#German"
    ],
    [
      "Hanse",
      "Hanse#German"
    ],
    [
      "hansa",
      "hansa"
    ],
    [
      "guild",
      "guild"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Compound"
      },
      "expansion": "Compound",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
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        "2": "Luft",
        "3": "Hansa",
        "t1": "air"
      },
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      "name": "com+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of Luft (“air”) + Hansa, an archaic variant of Hanse (“hansa, merchants’ guild, Hanseatic League”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "die Lufthansa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "der Lufthansa",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lufthansa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lufthansa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lufthansa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lufthansa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "LH",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "DLH",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.article"
      },
      "expansion": "die Lufthansa f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Lufthansa)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Luft",
        "han",
        "sa"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.sg.article"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Interflug"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German compound terms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German feminine nouns",
        "German lemmas",
        "German proper nouns",
        "German uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Aviation",
        "de:Organizations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lufthansa (German national airline)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Lufthansa",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "proper-noun",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlʊftˌhan.za/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlʊft.hanˌzaː/",
      "tags": [
        "also"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Lufthansa.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/De-Lufthansa.ogg/De-Lufthansa.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/De-Lufthansa.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lufthansa"
}

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