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Luke.

hatch (opening in the ceiling/floor of a room, in the deck of a ship, etc.)

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈluːkə/
  1. hatch (opening in the ceiling/floor of a room, in the deck of a ship, etc.)

    feminine
    Die Luke zum Dachboden klemmt.
    Der Kapitän öffnete die Luke und sah nach draußen.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Low German, from Middle Low German lûke, from Old Saxon *lūka, from Proto-West Germanic *lūkā. Cognate with Dutch luik (“hatch”) and, more distantly, doublet of Loch (“hole”) and Lücke (“gap”); see the former for more.

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