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