Swedish

Verb

löpa

1. run along, stretch

   Berlinmuren löpte längs gränsen mellan Öst- och Västberlin.

   The Berlin wall stretched along the border between Eastern and Western Berlin.

2. run, to move quickly forward, for a long distance
3. run free, run off; manage not to be caught

   Vi var tvungna att koncentrera oss på att hålla i den ena tjuven, så den andra löpte.

   We had to concentrate on keeping on to the first thief, so the other one ran off.

4. To be in the heat; to be prepared for copulation (often about a female dog)

Conjugation

Usage notes

• Traces of the archaic strong conjugation can be seen in adjectives like tilländalupen.

Related terms

• lopp
• löpare