lutz

From the surname of Austrian skater Alois Lutz, who invented the jump.

• IPA^(key): /lʌts/

lutz (plural lutzes)

1. (figure skating) A jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, rotates counterclockwise and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate.
   • 2008 January 27, Pat Borzi, “In a Youth Movement, Nagasu Wins the Title”, in New York Times‎:

     Meissner fell three times, on two triple lutzes and a triple flip, to drop from fourth, the worst performance by a defending champion in at least 50 years.

From the surname of Australian skater Alois Lutz who invented the jump.

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lutz m (plural lutz)

1. lutz (jump)

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin lūcem, accusative singular of lūx.

lutz f (plural luses)

1. light

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