lafen

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Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German hloufan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Cognate with German laufen, Dutch lopen, English leap, Icelandic hlaupa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

lafen (third-person singular present leeft, past participle gelaf, auxiliary verb sinn)

  1. (intransitive) to run
  2. (intransitive) to flow, to run, to follow a course
  3. (intransitive) to be in progress, to be running

Conjugation[edit]

Irregular
infinitive lafen
participle gelaf
auxiliary sinn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular lafen
2nd singular leefs laf
3rd singular leeft
1st plural lafen
2nd plural laaft laaft
3rd plural lafen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms[edit]