laufen

A1 Verb frequency rank #538

What laufen means

Verb

to walk; to jog; to run (to move on foot; either at a normal or an increased speed)
to flow; to leak; to run
to be in progress; to run
to happen, to go on, to take place

Forms

laufen · läuft · lief · ist gelaufen (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

laufen in a sentence

Wenn du den Alarm hörst, gehen, nicht laufen!

If you hear the alarm, walk, don't run.

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laufen is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #538 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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