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