inlopen

Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch inlôpen. Equivalent to in (in) + lopen (to walk).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: in‧lo‧pen

Verb

inlopen

  1. (transitive) to walk in, to enter by walking
    Synonym: binnenlopen
    Ze zijn de verkeerde kamer ingelopen
    They walked into the wrong room
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to catch up (to reach something that had been ahead)
    Door harder te fietsen, kon ik de groep wielrenners voor mij inlopen
    By cycling faster, I was able to catch up with the group of cyclists ahead of me
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to make up for lost time, to catch up on something that one has missed or neglected
    Ik moet wat extra uren werken om mijn achterstand in te lopen
    I have to work some extra hours to catch up on my backlog
  4. (transitive) to wear in or break in something new, to make it more comfortable to wear or use
    Mijn nieuwe schoenen zaten heel strak, maar na een paar dagen inlopen zaten ze veel beter
    My new shoes were very tight, but after wearing them in for a few days, they felt much better

Inflection

Inflection of inlopen (strong class 7, separable)
infinitive inlopen
past singular liep in
past participle ingelopen
infinitive inlopen
gerund inlopen n
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular loop inliep ininloopinliep
2nd person sing. (jij) loopt inliep ininlooptinliep
2nd person sing. (u) loopt inliep ininlooptinliep
2nd person sing. (gij) loopt inliept ininlooptinliept
3rd person singular loopt inliep ininlooptinliep
plural lopen inliepen ininlopeninliepen
subjunctive sing.1 lope inliepe ininlopeinliepe
subjunctive plur.1 lopen inliepen ininlopeninliepen
imperative sing. loop in
imperative plur.1 loopt in
participles inlopendingelopen
1) Archaic.
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