The walkout, over pay and conditions, is expected to last for eight hours.
The UFO union said earlier this week that it would stage strikes after talks broke down.
Lufthansa said it would prioritise long-haul flights and "wherever possible" these would not be cancelled.
But it conceded that the industrial action "may lead to unscheduled flight delays and cancellations" and that it could not be certain what exact impact the strike would have.
The UFO union had previously said it would strike but refused to pinpoint its start time, saying it did not want to give Lufthansa the opportunity to prepare by getting replacement crews ready.
The union and the airline have been at loggerheads over the past year over pay and working conditions.
The union is seeking a pay increase of 5% for cabin staff for 15 months starting from January this year, after three years of no increases.
Lufthansa's latest offer was for a pay increase of about 3.5%.
UFO head Nicoley Baublies said that the airline had also not assured that its staff would not be transferred to a cheaper contract if they moved to a low-cost airline within the group.
Lufthansa has about 19,000 cabin crew and the UFO union represents about two-thirds of them.
The union has warned that strikes could cause disruption to hundreds of flights.
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