lopen

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ˈloːpə(n)/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to run, go fast on one's own legs
  • (intransitive) to run, cover distance, follow a track etc.
  • (intransitive) to walk, go somewhere regardless of speed
  • (intransitive) to walk in general
  • (intransitive) to stretch, to run to extend in space or through a range often of relatively elongated objects or constructs
  • (intransitive) to be current, activated, in progress
  • (intransitive) to be doing or functioning (well or poorly), to progress
  • (intransitive) to lose liquid: drip, gush, leak
  • (auxiliary)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch lôpen inherited from Old Dutch lōpan inherited from *hlaupan inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (run, leap, spring).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*hlaupaną

Gloss

run, leap, spring

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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