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
- (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
- to run
Derived terms
- zuricklaafe
Further reading
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
- 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
- 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