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Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German hloufan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Cognate with German laufen, Dutch lopen, English leap, Icelandic hlaupa.
Pronunciation
Verb
lafen (third-person singular present leeft, past participle gelaf, auxiliary verb sinn)
- (intransitive) to run
- (intransitive) to flow, to run, to follow a course
- (intransitive) to be in progress, to be running
Conjugation
| Irregular
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| infinitive
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lafen
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| participle
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gelaf
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| auxiliary
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sinn
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present
indicative
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imperative
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| 1st singular
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lafen
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—
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| 2nd singular
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leefs
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laf
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| 3rd singular
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leeft
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—
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| 1st plural
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lafen
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—
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| 2nd plural
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laaft
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laaft
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| 3rd plural
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lafen
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| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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