Dictionary verb *hlaupan laufen

Meanings

1.
to walk
Opposite (closest): fahren
2.
to run
(in sense of jogging, also "run" for a device running, NOT used in sense of "running something")

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Style special - "to walk"

Most of you know what to go and to run means in German. But there are many more "modes" of walking. Today, we'll explore words like sneak, stumble and trod...

Vocab:

gehen, laufen, rennen, schleichen, stolpern, schlendern, bummeln


Word Family

Root: *hlaupan

This is a West-Germanic root and connections beyond the Germanic branch of the Indo-European tree are not known. It’s the origin of English to leap.

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johnathanflaker
3 months ago

Your webpage-dictionary-helpline-sorter>outer is my No1 place to go for German queries. But can you recommend the 2nd most reliable place/dictionary to search in for words, such as anlaufen that are not included in this site – for good reasons. :)
thanks.



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