lopen

• IPA^(key): /ˈloːpə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -oːpən

From Middle Dutch lôpen, from Old Dutch *lōpan, *loupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).

• loopen (obsolete)

lopen

1. (intransitive, chiefly Belgium) to run, go fast on one's own legs

   Ik ben naar de stad gelopen.

   I ran to the city.

   Synonyms: hardlopen, hollen, rennen

2. (intransitive, chiefly Belgium) to run, cover distance, follow a track etc.

   Hij heeft daar veel gelopen.

   He did a lot of running there.

   Synonyms: hardlopen, hollen, rennen

3. (intransitive, chiefly Netherlands) to walk, go somewhere regardless of speed

   Ik ben naar de stad gelopen.

   I walked to the city.

   Synonyms: gaan, stappen, wandelen

4. (intransitive, chiefly Netherlands) to walk in general

   Hij heeft daar veel gelopen.

   He did a lot of walking there.

   Synonyms: gaan, stappen, wandelen

5. (intransitive) to be open, current, activated
6. (intransitive) to lose liquid: drip, gush, leak

   Synonyms: lekken, druppen

7. (auxiliary, with te) Forms a continuous aspect. Although it carries an implication of walking, this is vague and not emphasized.

   Wat loop jij daar te doen?

   What are you doing there?

In Flanders, the word usually means "to run", while in the Netherlands it usually means "to walk". An identical phrase will thus be interpreted differently depending on the area where the speaker comes from. In Netherlands, rennen is the common word for run.

• Afrikaans: loop

From Middle Dutch loope, lopin (perhaps cognate with French), presumably a diminutive of loop (“jump”), cognate with Old English leap.

• loope
• loop

lopen ? (uncountable, diminutive loopje n)

1. A dry measure of content
2. An apparently larger land measure

• loopzaad
• loopense

See the etymology of the main entry.

lopen

1. Plural form of loop

• Polen

Singular instructive of now dialectal loppi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlopen/, [ˈlo̞pe̞n]

lopen

1. altogether, to death

   Olen lopen kyllästynyt tähän paikkaan!

   I'm fed up to here with this place! / I'm sick to death of this place!

lopen

1. Genitive singular form of loppi.
2. Accusative singular form of loppi.

• pelon

From Middle Low German lôpen, from Old Saxon hlōpan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”). Cognate with Dutch lopen, German laufen (“to run”), West Frisian ljeppe, English leap, Danish løbe, Swedish löpa (“to run”).

• IPA^(key): [loːpm̩]
• IPA^(key): [lɔʊ̯pm̩] ˈmerger of /oː/ and /ɔʊ̯/'

lopen (past singular leep, past participle lopen, auxiliary verb hebben, wesen)

1. to leap, run

From Old Dutch lōpan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).

lôpen

1. to run (on foot)
2. to go, to run, to move
3. to run, to flow
4. to go, to stretch (of roads, rivers etc.)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: lopen
  • Afrikaans: loop
• Limburgish: loupe

• “lopen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “lopen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Old Saxon hlōpan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną.

• (originally) IPA^(key): /lɔːpən/

lôpen

1. to run, to sprint, to hurry, to haste
2. to run, to flow
3. to run, to total, to amount to
4. to happen, to occur
5. to live, to spend one's life or time

Declined as a class 7 strong verb.

• Low German: lopen

lopen

1. Soft, loose; of roads winter time when the thaw occurs.