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Wenn die Trennung einigermaßen läuft und auch der Umgang zwischen dem die faktische Sorge nicht ausübenden Elternteil und den Kindern klappt, sollte man mit der Einleitung eines Sorgerechtsverfahrens zurückhaltend sein.
Some dictionaries misleadingly define laufen as specifically meaning a pace between gehen(“walking”) and rennen(“running”). This was the original sense in Middle High German, and this is still common in Bavaria and Austria. But descriptions or definitions that claim it has only this meaning are contradicted by long-established usage. In fact, laufen is neutral with regard to pace in modern German, unless the context implies it, as in: Sie waren spät dran und mussten laufen.(“They were late, so they had to run.”)
Regardless of pace, moreover, only laufen is commonly used of animals and in such idioms as auf den Händen laufen(“to walk on one's hands”) or laufen lernen(“to learn to walk”).
In Austria, however, laufen is not considered neutral with regard to pace, and a strict distinction is made between gehen, which is exclusively used in the sense of “to walk”, and laufen and rennen, both of which are exclusively used in the sense of “to run”.
Conjugation
Conjugation of laufen (class 7 strong, auxiliary sein)