lopen.
to run, go fast on one's own legs
Meaning & usage
to run, go fast on one's own legs
Ik ben naar de stad gelopen.
to run, cover distance, follow a track etc.
Hij heeft daar veel gelopen.
to walk, go somewhere regardless of speed
We kunnen naar de supermarkt lopen om boodschappen te doen.
Hij loopt elke ochtend naar zijn werk.
to walk in general
De kinderen zijn buiten aan het lopen.
Zij loopt graag in het park om van de natuur te genieten.
to stretch, to run (to extend in space or through a range) (often of relatively elongated objects or constructs)
De rivier loopt dwars door de stad.
De weg loopt helemaal tot aan de kust.
to be current, activated, in progress
Het contract loopt binnenkort af.
De aanbieding loopt nog tot het einde van de maand.
to be doing or functioning (well or poorly), to progress
De onderhandelingen lopen soepel.
Het project loopt op schema.
to lose liquid: drip, gush, leak
Er is een lek in de kraan en het water loopt langzaam weg.
Toen het vat viel, begon het bier eruit te lopen en maakte een grote puinhoop.
Forms a continuous aspect.
Wat loop jij daar te doen?
Loop niet zo te zaniken.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch lôpen, from Old Dutch lōpan, *loupan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).
a dry measure of content
an apparently larger land measure
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch loope, lopin (perhaps cognate with French), presumably a diminutive of loop (“jump”), cognate with Old English leap.
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