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löpa
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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish lø̄pa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”).
Pronunciation
Verb
löpa (present löper, preterite löpte, supine löpt, imperative löp)
- to run along, stretch
- Berlinmuren löpte längs gränsen mellan Öst- och Västberlin.
- The Berlin wall stretched along the border between East and West Berlin.
- to run, to move quickly forward, for a long distance
- to run free, run off; manage not to be caught
- Vi var tvungna att koncentrera oss på att hålla i den ena tjuven, så den andra löpte.
- We had to concentrate on keeping on to the first thief, so the other one ran off.
- to be in heat; to be prepared for copulation (often about a female dog)
Usage notes
- Traces of the archaic strong conjugation can be seen in adjectives like tilländalupen.
Conjugation
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Elfdalian: löpa
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