# lopen
## English
### Noun

lopen (plural lopens)
* (Bhutan) A teacher or master.

### Anagrams

* pleon, N-pole

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈloːpə(n)/
* Audio (Netherlands):(file)
* Hyphenation: lo‧pen
* Rhymes: -oːpən

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lôpen, from Old Dutch lōpan, *loupan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).

#### Verb

lopen
* (intransitive, chiefly Belgium) to run, go fast on one's own legs
    Synonyms: hardlopen, hollen, rennen
    Ik ben naar de stad gelopen. ― I ran to the city.
* (intransitive, chiefly Belgium) to run, cover distance, follow a track etc.
    Synonyms: hardlopen, hollen, rennen
    Hij heeft daar veel gelopen. ― He did a lot of running there.
* (intransitive, chiefly Netherlands) to walk, go somewhere regardless of speed
    Synonyms: gaan, stappen, wandelen
    We kunnen naar de supermarkt lopen om boodschappen te doen. ― We can walk to the supermarket to do some shopping.
    Hij loopt elke ochtend naar zijn werk. ― He walks to his workplace every morning.
    Ik ben naar de stad gelopen. ― I walked to the city.
* (intransitive, chiefly Netherlands) to walk in general
    Synonyms: gaan, stappen, wandelen
    De kinderen zijn buiten aan het lopen. ― The children are outside walking.
    Zij loopt graag in het park om van de natuur te genieten. ― She likes to walk in the park to enjoy nature.
    Hij heeft daar veel gelopen. ― He did a lot of walking there.
* (intransitive) 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. ― The river runs straight through the city.
    De weg loopt helemaal tot aan de kust. ― The road extends all the way to the coast.
* (intransitive) to be current, activated, in progress
    Het contract loopt binnenkort af. ― The contract will be ending soon.
    De aanbieding loopt nog tot het einde van de maand. ― The offer is valid until the end of the month.
    De rechtzaak tegen de crimineel loopt al een tijdje. ― The lawsuit against the criminal has been in progress for a while already.
* (intransitive) to be doing or functioning (well or poorly), to progress
    De onderhandelingen lopen soepel. ― The negotiations are progressing smoothly.
    Het project loopt op schema. ― The project is on track.
    Zijn nieuwe project loopt goed. ― His new project is doing well.
* (intransitive) to lose liquid: drip, gush, leak
    Synonyms: lekken, druppen
    Er is een lek in de kraan en het water loopt langzaam weg. ― There's a leak in the faucet, and the water is slowly dripping away.
    Toen het vat viel, begon het bier eruit te lopen en maakte een grote puinhoop. ― When the barrel fell, the beer started to gush out, creating a big mess.
* (auxiliary, with te) Forms a continuous aspect.
    Wat loop jij daar te doen? ― What are you doing there?
    Loop niet zo te zaniken. ― Stop whining.

##### Usage notes

In Flanders, the word usually means "to run", while in the Netherlands it usually means "to walk". An identical phrase will thus be interpreted differently depending on the area where the speaker comes from. In Netherlands, rennen is the common word for run.

##### Alternative forms

* loopen (archaic)

##### Derived terms

* loops
* geloop
* loopjongen
* loopkat
* looppas
* looprek
* loper
* aaneenlopen
* aanlopen
* achteraanlopen
* achterlopen
* achternalopen
* achteromlopen
* achteroplopen
* achteroverlopen
* achteruitlopen
* aflopen
* als een lopend vuurtje verspreiden
* belopen
* bijeenlopen
* bijlopen
* binnenlopen
* bovenlopen
* buitenlopen
* dichtlopen
* doodlopen
* dooreenlopen
* doorlopen
* drooglopen
* eierlopen
* gelijklopen
* gelopen
* hardlopen
* heenlopen
* het op een lopen zetten
* ineenlopen
* inlopen
* kapotlopen
* kromlopen
* kwijtlopen
* langslopen
* leeglopen
* lopen als een trein
* loslopen
* medelopen
* meelopen
* mislopen
* nalopen
* nederlopen
* neerlopen
* omhooglopen
* omlaaglopen
* omlopen
* omverlopen
* onderlopen
* ontlopen
* op zijn tandvlees lopen
* openlopen
* oplopen
* opzijlopen
* overeenlopen
* overhooplopen
* overlopen
* platlopen
* rechtlopen
* rondlopen
* samenlopen
* scheeflopen
* stormlopen
* stuklopen
* tegenlopen
* teruglopen
* thuislopen
* toelopen
* traplopen
* tussenlopen
* uit de hand lopen
* uiteenlopen
* uitlopen
* vastlopen
* verderlopen
* verlopen
* vollopen
* vooraanlopen
* voorbijlopen
* voorlopen
* vooroplopen
* vooroverlopen
* voortlopen
* vooruitlopen
* vrijlopen
* warmlopen
* wederlopen
* wederomlopen
* weerlopen
* weeromlopen
* weglopen

##### Related terms

* loop

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: loop
* Negerhollands: loop, loo, lo, lu
* Skepi Creole Dutch: lop, louphe, luffi, loup

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch loope, lopin (perhaps cognate with French), presumably a diminutive of loop (“jump”), cognate with Old English leap.

#### Alternative forms

* loope
* loop

#### Noun

lopen m (uncountable, diminutive loopje n)
* a dry measure of content
* an apparently larger land measure

##### Derived terms

* loopense
* loopzaad

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

lopen
* plural of loop

### Anagrams

* Polen

## Finnish
### Etymology

Singular instructive of now dialectal loppi. Probably influenced by loppu (“end”) (which is itself derived from loppi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlopen/, [ˈlo̞pe̞n]
* Rhymes: -open
* Hyphenation: lo‧pen

### Adverb

lopen (not comparable)
* an intensifier used with a small number of adjectives, usually with a negative connotation; altogether, to death
    Olen lopen kyllästynyt tähän paikkaan!I'm fed up to here with this place! / I'm sick to death of this place!
* (dialectal, Central Ostrobothnia) Synonym of lopulta (“ultimately, in the end”).

#### Usage notes

lopen most commonly appears in a few fixed phrases: lopen uupunut, "exhausted"; lopen kyllästynyt, "fed up", "had enough".

### Noun

lopen
* genitive/accusative singular of loppi

### References

* “lopen”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

### Further reading

* “lopen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* pelon

## Low German
### Alternative forms

* loupen (New Saxon Spelling)

### Etymology

From Middle Low German lôpen, from Old Saxon hlōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”).
Cognate with Dutch lopen, German laufen (“to run”), West Frisian ljeppe, English leap, Danish løbe, Swedish löpa (“to run”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [loːpm̩]
* IPA: [lɔʊ̯pm̩] ˈmerger of /oː/ and /ɔʊ̯/'

### Verb

lopen (past singular leep, past participle lopen, auxiliary verb hebben, wesen)
* to leap, run

#### Conjugation

Note: This conjugation is one of many. Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch lōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).

### Verb

lôpen
* to run (on foot)
* to go, to run, to move
* to run, to flow
* to go, to stretch (of roads, rivers etc.)

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: lopen, loopen (archaic)
** Afrikaans: loop
** Negerhollands: loop, loo, lo, lu
** Skepi Creole Dutch: lop, louphe, luffi, loup
* Limburgish: loupe

### Further reading

* “lopen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lopen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* loupen, laupen

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɔːpən/, /ˈlɔu̯pən/, /ˈlau̯pən/

### Verb

lopen
* to jump, leap

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

#### Descendants

* English: lope
* Scots: lowp, loup
* Yola: laupe

#### References

* “lōpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Middle Low German
### Etymology

From Old Saxon hlōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną.

### Pronunciation

* (originally) IPA: /lɔːpən/

### Verb

lôpen
* to run, to sprint, to hurry, to haste
* to run, to flow
* to run, to total, to amount to
* to happen, to occur
* to live, to spend one's life or time

#### Declension

Declined as a class 7 strong verb.

#### Descendants

* Low German: lopen