Nominal Forms
Infinitive: loufen
Past Participle: geloufen
Present participle: loufende
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| ich | loufe |
| du | loufest |
| ër | loufet |
| wir | loufen |
| ir | loufet |
| sie | loufent |
Past
| ich | lief |
| du | liefe |
| ër | lief |
| wir | liefen |
| ir | liefet |
| sie | liefen |
Subjunctive
Present
| ich | loufe |
| du | loufest |
| ër | loufet |
| wir | loufen |
| ir | loufet |
| sie | loufen |
Past
| ich | liefe |
| du | liefest |
| ër | liefe |
| wir | liefen |
| ir | liefet |
| sie | liefen |
Imperative
| du | loufest |
| wir | loufen |
| ir | loufet |
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German loufan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan. See: Old High German 'loufan', Old High German 'loufan'.
Verbs referencing "loufen"
German, old spelling
laufen, Hunsrik
laafe, German, Pennsylvania
laafe, Cimbrian loavan, Cimbrian lóofan, Wymysorys
łaojfa, Bavarian laffa.
Verbs conjugated like 'loufen'
loufen,
Verbs similar to 'loufen'
houwen,
laffen,
liuten,
durfen,
dürfen,
grîfen,
hëlfen,
laden,
lâʒen,
lëben,
Nibelungen Lied References
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(Nibelungenlied 33a:1) si liefen dâ si vunten. gesatelt manic marc. They hastened where they found them / saddled many a steed;
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(Nibelungenlied 74a:4) dô liefen in engegene. des küninges Guntheres manne. And also out to meet them / the men that served King Gunther ran.
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(Nibelungenlied 97a:2) alsam die lewen wilde. si liefen an den berc. E'en as two wild lions / they coursed the mountainside,
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(Nibelungenlied 2332a:3) alsam ein lewe wilder. lief er vore in dannen. And like to a wild lion / out before them sped.
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(Nibelungenlied 2416a:3) er ne beitte dô niht mêre. er lief her vüre den sal. Eke he might bide longer / but down to meet him sprang,