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Morning run

Last December, I went to Germany and stayed with a host family. Not being the athletic type, I was horrified when my exchange friend said he went runnning to the bus stop every morning. He used the verb laufen which I always presumed meant 'to run'. However after looking like my heart had dropped the family laughed when I explained the loss of colour to my cheeks ... Now I know that laufen can also simply mean 'to walk'.

Sent by: Tom

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Sundiata 2008-08-12

Yeah, laufen means both to walk and to run. He wasn't off the mark.

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Eric 2008-03-27

A friend went on a driving holiday in Germany and saw a sign which said Umleitung he said to his wife this place Umleitung seems to be a long way. His wife laughingly advised him that it actually means 'diversion'.

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An American 2006-06-14

The first morning in Vienna for a semester abroad, some American students I knew went out for a morning run. They wanted to make certain they could get back to the dorm, so they noted that it was on ·¡¾±²Ô²ú²¹³ó²Ô²õ³Ù°ù²¹ÃŸ±ð. They quickly learned that ·¡¾±²Ô²ú²¹³ó²Ô²õ³Ù°ù²¹ÃŸ±ð means one-way street.

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Saksith 2006-06-13

Normally, spazieren (gehen) is used when you go out for a walk like in a park. The correct translation for 'to walk' would be gehen.

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Steve 2006-05-20

That's pretty typical German vernacular, I remember hearing it a lot when I went out there. For some reason the Germans don't like using the word spazieren.

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