lopen

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English

Noun

lopen (plural lopens)

  1. (Bhutan) A teacher or master.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloːpə(n)/
  • audio (Netherlands)(file)
  • Hyphenation: lo‧pen
  • Rhymes: -oːpən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lôpen, from Old Dutch lōpan, *loupan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).

Alternative forms

Verb

lopen

  1. (intransitive, chiefly Belgium) to run, go fast on one's own legs
    Synonyms: hardlopen, hollen, rennen
    Ik ben naar de stad gelopen.
    I ran to the city.
  2. (intransitive, chiefly Belgium) to run, cover distance, follow a track etc.
    Synonyms: hardlopen, hollen, rennen
    Hij heeft daar veel gelopen.
    He did a lot of running there.
  3. (intransitive, chiefly Netherlands) to walk, go somewhere regardless of speed
    Synonyms: gaan, stappen, wandelen
    We kunnen naar de supermarkt lopen om boodschappen te doen.
    We can walk to the supermarket to do some shopping.
    Hij loopt elke ochtend naar zijn werk.
    He walks to his workplace every morning.
    Ik ben naar de stad gelopen.
    I walked to the city.
  4. (intransitive, chiefly Netherlands) to walk in general
    Synonyms: gaan, stappen, wandelen
    De kinderen zijn buiten aan het lopen.
    The children are outside walking.
    Zij loopt graag in het park om van de natuur te genieten.
    She likes to walk in the park to enjoy nature.
    Hij heeft daar veel gelopen.
    He did a lot of walking there.
  5. (intransitive) to stretch, to run (to extend in space or through a range) (often of relatively elongated objects or constructs)
    De rivier loopt dwars door de stad.
    The river runs straight through the city.
    De weg loopt helemaal tot aan de kust.
    The road extends all the way to the coast.
  6. (intransitive) to be current, activated, in progress
    Het contract loopt binnenkort af.
    The contract will be ending soon.
    De aanbieding loopt nog tot het einde van de maand.
    The offer is valid until the end of the month.
    De rechtzaak tegen de crimineel loopt al een tijdje.
    The lawsuit against the criminal has been in progress for a while already.
  7. (intransitive) to be doing or functioning (well or poorly), to progress
    De onderhandelingen lopen soepel.
    The negotiations are progressing smoothly.
    Het project loopt op schema.
    The project is on track.
    Zijn nieuwe project loopt goed.
    His new project is doing well.
  8. (intransitive) to lose liquid: drip, gush, leak
    Synonyms: lekken, druppen
    Er is een lek in de kraan en het water loopt langzaam weg.
    There's a leak in the faucet, and the water is slowly dripping away.
    Toen het vat viel, begon het bier eruit te lopen en maakte een grote puinhoop.
    When the barrel fell, the beer started to gush out, creating a big mess.
  9. (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. In Netherlands, rennen is the common word for run.

Inflection
Inflection of lopen (strong class 7)
infinitive lopen
past singular liep
past participle gelopen
infinitive lopen
gerund lopen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular loop liep
2nd person sing. (jij) loopt liep
2nd person sing. (u) loopt liep
2nd person sing. (gij) loopt liept
3rd person singular loopt liep
plural lopen liepen
subjunctive sing.1 lope liepe
subjunctive plur.1 lopen liepen
imperative sing. loop
imperative plur.1 loopt
participles lopend gelopen
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: loop
  • Negerhollands: loop, loo, lo, lu
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: lop, louphe, luffi, loup

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Noun

lopen m (uncountable, diminutive loopje n)

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lopen

  1. plural of loop

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

Singular instructive of now dialectal loppi. Probably influenced by loppu (“end”) (which is itself derived from loppi).

Pronunciation

Adverb

lopen (not comparable)

  1. an intensifier used with a small number of adjectives, usually with a negative connotation; altogether, to death
    Olen lopen kyllästynyt tähän paikkaan!
    I'm fed up to here with this place! / I'm sick to death of this place!
  2. (dialectal, Central Ostrobothnia) Synonym of lopulta (“ultimately, in the end”).

Usage notes

lopen most commonly appears in a few fixed phrases: lopen uupunut, "exhausted"; lopen kyllästynyt, "fed up", "had enough".

Noun

lopen

  1. genitive/accusative singular of loppi

References

  • “lopen”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

Further reading

Anagrams

Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German lôpen, from Old Saxon hlōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”).

Cognate with Dutch lopen, German laufen (“to run”), West Frisian ljeppe, English leap, Danish løbe, Swedish löpa (“to run”).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to leap, run

Conjugation

Conjugation of lopen (class 7 strong verb)
infinitive lopen
indicative present preterite
1st person singular loop leep
2nd person singular löpps(t) leeps(t)
3rd person singular löpp(t) leep
plural loopt, loopen lepen
imperative present —
singular loop
plural loopt
participle present past
lopen (e)lopen, gelopen
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch lōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).

Verb

lôpen

  1. to run (on foot)
  2. to go, to run, to move
  3. to run, to flow
  4. to go, to stretch (of roads, rivers etc.)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon hlōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną.

Pronunciation

  • (originally) IPA(key): /lɔːpən/

Verb

lôpen

  1. to run, to sprint, to hurry, to haste
  2. to run, to flow
  3. to run, to total, to amount to
  4. to happen, to occur
  5. to live, to spend one's life or time

Declension

Declined as a class 7 strong verb.

Descendants

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