Polyglot Dictionary

laufen

/ˈlaʊ̯fn̩/

verb A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

du
läufst
er/sie/es
läuft
past
lief
perfect
ist gelaufen

Meaning

  1. to run; to walk

    Covers both "to run" and, colloquially, ordinary walking — "zu Fuß laufen" overlaps with zu Fuß gehen.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Intransitive

Similar words

gehen

laufen also separately means "to run"; gehen also separately means "to go" — both can mean "to walk" as well, overlapping in that sense.

Practice

1 What does laufen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er ___ jeden Morgen fünf Kilometer.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches laufen?

See also

verbirregularcore-vocabulary

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