aanloop
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch aenloop. Equivalent to a deverbal from aanlopen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːn.loːp/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: aan‧loop
Noun
aanloop m (plural aanlopen, diminutive aanloopje n)
- run-up (approach run)
- Zij nam een aanloop en waagde de sprong. ― She did a run-up and risked the jump.
- run-up (period of time before an event)
- aanloop naar de verkiezingen — run-up to the elections
- (grammar) an element, usually an interjection or subordinate clause, preceding the main clause
- (obsolete) attack, charge (attack in which opponents charge at one another)
Descendants
- Afrikaans: aanloop
- → West Frisian: oanloop
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