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løbe.

to run

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

verb/løːbə/[ˈløːb̥ə][ˈløːʊ]colloquial
  1. to run

Where this word comes from

From Old Danish løpæ, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump, spring”), Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, cognate with Swedish löpa, English leap, German laufen, Dutch lopen.

verb
  1. to curdle (to make the milk run together)

    transitive
  2. to curdle

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse hleypa (“to cause to run”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupijaną, a causative of Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).

noun/løːbə/[ˈløːb̥ə]
  1. rennet (enzym for making cheese)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse *hleypir, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupijaz, cognate with Icelandic hleypir (“rennet”), Norwegian løype, Swedish löpe. The noun derived from the verb *hlaupaną (“to run”).

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