Dutch

Alternative forms

• loopen (obsolete)

Verb

lopen

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

   Ik ben naar de stad gelopen.‎

   I ran to the city.

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

   Hij heeft daar veel gelopen.‎

   He did a lot of running there.

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

   Ik ben naar de stad gelopen.‎

   I walked to the city.

4. (intransitive) to walk in general

   Hij heeft daar veel gelopen.‎

   He did a lot of walking there.

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

Usage notes

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.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (run): rennen, hollen
• (walk): gaan, stappen
• (lose liquid): lekken, druppen

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• loope
• loop

Noun

lopen ? ‎(uncountable, diminutive loopje n)

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

Derived terms

• loopzaad, loopense

Etymology 3

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

lopen

1. Plural form of loop

Anagrams

• Polen

Finnish

(index lo)

Adverb

lopen

1. altogether, to death

   Olen lopen kyllästynyt tähän paikkaan!

   I'm fed up to here with this place!

Anagrams

• pelon

Low German

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. to leap, run

Conjugation