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English
Noun
lopen (plural lopens)
- (Bhutan) A teacher or master.
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch lôpen, from Old Dutch lōpan, *loupan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).
Verb
lopen
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (auxiliary, with te) Forms a continuous aspect.
- Wat loop jij daar te doen? ― What are you doing there?
- Loop niet zo te zaniken. ― Stop whining.
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.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch loope, lopin (perhaps cognate with French), presumably a diminutive of loop (“jump”), cognate with Old English leap.
Noun
lopen m (uncountable, diminutive loopje n)
- a dry measure of content
- an apparently larger land measure
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
lopen
- 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)
- 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!
- (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
- 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
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)
- to leap, run
Conjugation
Conjugation of lopen (class 7 strong verb)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch lōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).
Verb
lôpen
- to run (on foot)
- to go, to run, to move
- to run, to flow
- to go, to stretch (of roads, rivers etc.)
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔːpən/, /ˈlɔu̯pən/, /ˈlau̯pən/
Verb
lopen
- to jump, leap
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon hlōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną.
Pronunciation
- (originally) IPA(key): /lɔːpən/
Verb
lôpen
- to run, to sprint, to hurry, to haste
- to run, to flow
- to run, to total, to amount to
- to happen, to occur
- to live, to spend one's life or time
Declension
Declined as a class 7 strong verb.
Descendants