Duft

See also: duft and Düfte

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tuft, from Old High German duft, thuft, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”); cognate with Danish duft (“fragrance”) and possibly Ancient Greek τῠφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). The Middle High German t- is an irregular hardening (compare tausend) that was undone in modern German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʊft/
• Rhymes: -ʊft

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Duft m (strong, genitive Duftes or Dufts, plural Düfte, diminutive Düftchen n)

1. smell, scent

Declension

Declension of Duft [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Duft	die	Düfte
genitive	eines	des	Duftes, Dufts	der	Düfte
dative	einem	dem	Duft, Dufte1	den	Düften
accusative	einen	den	Duft	die	Düfte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• duften
• duftig

Further reading

• “Duft” in Duden online
• “Duft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache