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In the Netherlands it's called "luchten". It's similar to "aérer". Both translate to "To air out" in English.
by lwn 3y ago
In the Netherlands it's called "luchten". It's similar to "aérer". Both translate to "To air out" in English.
- vidarh 3y agoInterestingly, Norwegian has both "luft" (air)/"lufte" (to air) and "lukt"/"lukte" (smell, to smell), and it turns out they share the same proto-Germanic origin as Dutch "luchten" as well as the equivalent German terms, and English "to lift" and Norwegian "å løfte", all centering around air with different angles.
- _pvxk 3y agoAnd in Bergen you can use "lukt" to mean both, "høyt opp i lukten", maybe the Hanseatic influence? (My kid uses "luft" to mean both, "lufte ekkelt".)
- yetihehe 3y agoIn Poland it's called "przewietrzyć", meaning "let the wind go through".