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Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump, spring”), Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, cognate with Swedish löpa, English leap, German laufen, Dutch lopen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /løːbə/, , (colloquial)
Verb
løbe (past tense løb, past participle løbet)
- to run
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Etymology 2
From Old Norse hleypa (“to cause to run”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupijaną, a causative of Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”) (Danish løbe).
Verb
løbe (past tense løbede, past participle løbet)
- (transitive) to curdle (to make the milk run together)
- (intransitive) to curdle
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Etymology 3
From Old Norse *hleypir, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupijaz, cognate with Icelandic hleypir (“rennet”), Norwegian løype, Swedish löpe. The noun derived from the verb *hlaupaną (“to run”).
Pronunciation
Noun
løbe c (singular definite løben, plural indefinite løber)
- rennet (enzym for making cheese)
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