aanloop
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch aenloop. Equivalent to a deverbal from aanlopen.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaanloop 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)