loofe
Appearance
Central Franconian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- laafe (southern Moselle Franconian)
- laufe, loufe (Kölsch; Westerwald)
- loope (northernmost Ripuarian)
Etymology
[edit]From Old High German loufan.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈloːfə/ (Ripuarian; some dialects of Moselle Franconian)
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔːfə/ (other dialects of Moselle Franconian)
Verb
[edit]loofe (third-person singular present lööf or leeft or lääft, past tense leef, past participle jeloofe or geloofe or geloof)
- (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to walk; to go; to run (move on foot, either at a normal or at an increased speed)
- Nemm et Auto, der Wääch es ze weck für ze loofe.
- Take the car, the distance is too far to walk.
Usage notes
[edit]- The past tense is restricted to Ripuarian. Otherwise the forms lööf; jeloofe are Ripuarian, whereas the forms leeft, lääft; geloof(e) are Moselle Franconian.