laafe

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• laufe, loufe (Kölsch; Westerwald)
• loofe (Bönnsch, northern Moselle Franconian)
• loope (northernmost Ripuarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German loufen, from Old High German hloufan, loufan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną.

Verb

laafe

1. (southern Moselle Franconian) to run; to walk; to go (move on foot, either at a normal or at an increased speed)

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German loufen, from Old High German hloufan, loufan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːfə/

Verb

laafe

1. to run

Derived terms

• zuricklaafe

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “laafe”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German loufen, from Old High German hloufan, loufan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Compare German laufen, Dutch lopen, English leap, Swedish löpa.

Verb

laafe

1. to run

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English leaf, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *laub. Cognate with Middle Scots lavis (“leaves”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːf/

Noun

laafe

1. leaf
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:

     A laafe ing lemethès chote wel ta ba zang,

     A leaf in tatters, I know well to be sung,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 51