loslaufen
German, verb/ˈloːsˌlaʊ̯fn̩/
loslaufen is spelled L-O-S-L-A-U-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Loslaufen is a German verb meaning “to start running” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(plötzlich) anfangen, sich im Laufschritt oder gehend (irgendwohin) zu bewegen; anfangen zu laufen”.
What does loslaufen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to start running
- 2
to set off, to set out
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (plötzlich) anfangen, sich im Laufschritt oder gehend (irgendwohin) zu bewegen; anfangen zu laufen 2. (von einem Apparat, Gerät, Mechanismus oder dergleichen) anfangen, seinen Betrieb, seine Funktion aufzunehmen; sich in Gang setzen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of loslaufen
- läuft los present singular third-person
- lief los past
- losgelaufen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 7 strong
- loslaufend participle present
- loszulaufen infinitive infinitive-zu
- laufe los first-person indicative present
- laufen los first-person indicative plural
- läufst los indicative present second-person
- lauft los indicative plural present
- laufest los second-person singular subjunctive
- laufet los plural second-person subjunctive
- liefen los first-person indicative plural
- liefe los first-person singular subjunctive
- liefst los indicative preterite second-person
- lieft los indicative plural preterite
- liefest los second-person singular subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce loslaufen?
- /ˈloːsˌlaʊ̯fn̩/
- [ˈloːsˌlaʊ̯fn̩]
- [ˈloːsˌlaʊ̯fm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is loslaufen in German?
loslaufen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).