lafen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːfən/
  • Rhymes: -aːfən

Verb

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
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
  • alafen
  • auslafen
  • eralafen
  • erauslafen
  • eroflafen
  • eroplafen
  • fortlafen
  • iwwerlafen
  • Leefer
  • matlafen
  • nolafen
  • oflafen
  • oplafen
  • ulafen
  • verlafen
  • zerlafen
  • zoulafen
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