belaufen

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): ,
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  • Hyphenation: be‧lau‧fen

Etymology 1

be- +‎ laufen

Declension

Verb

belaufen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present beläuft, past tense belief, past participle belaufen, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive, Germany, colloquial) to walk on (a way, an area, etc.)
    Synonyms: abgehen, begehen
  2. (reflexive, formal) to amount (to); to tot up
    Synonym: betragen
  3. (intransitive, regional) to steam up, to fog up
    Synonyms: anlaufen, beschlagen
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Participle

belaufen

  1. past participle of belaufen

Adjective

belaufen (strong nominative masculine singular belaufener, not comparable)

  1. walked on

Further reading

  • belaufen” in Duden online
  • belaufen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache