"Du rennst."

Translation: You run.

[olimo]

What is the difference between "rennen" and "laufen"?

[christian]

"rennen" means "to run". "laufen" means "to run" or "to walk".

[olimo]

I get it, but if I'm talking about running, when do I use "rennen" and when "laufen"?

[wataya]

normally you can use both interchangeably.

[christian]

Yep. For competitive running, I believe "laufen" is more common.

[wataya]

Yes, but the corresponding noun is 'das Rennen' ;-)
EDIT: not completely true. It's 'Der Hundertmeterlauf'.

[christian]

It's complicated. ;)

[lucky101man]

Could laufen be more like sprint?

[andylovell]

What about laufen and gehen for walking?

Thanks

[wataya]

"Laufen" can mean "to run" or "to walk", "gehen" exclusively means "to walk". In cases where both "to run" and "to walk" make sense, it's best to use "gehen".

[AndreRhineDavis]

"rennen" is more like sprint.
"laufen" is the general term for running or walking or travelling on foot

[seamusmcd]

Would you are running work?

[Jonathan-Conrad]

For anyone curious, here is the difference between "Rennen" and "Laufen".

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080618090956AA0lEky

[sebvaillancourt]

even german speakers seem not to agree... oh boy

[AviAdventure]

Does anyone know of a good website that has lists of how to conjugate German words?

[wataya]

You can use Reverso's conjugator tool or canoo.net. Canoo also provides extensive grammar info.

• http://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-german-verb-rennen.html
• http://is.gd/FW7EZP

[johans2103]

Wataya, I cannot find a difference between these two verbs, could someone of them mean "Marcher" or something like that, I mean, somethig like "Le plan marche selon le prevu"?

[wataya]

Which two verbs are you talking about?

[johans2103]

"Rennen" and "Laufen" and thanks in advance.

[wataya]

You can't use "rennen" in that sense. You can use "laufen" to say that a machine is running (der Motor läuft), and also figuratively for a project: "Das Projekt läuft gut", or "Alles läuft nach Plan" ~ "Le plan marche selon le prevu".

[withlovekmj]

I looked up that Yahoo page. In sequence of speed, the logic runs like this, right? But when would we say "eilen"?

(langsam) gehen > eilen > laufen > rennen (schnell)

[Yarouge]

How to pronounce "rennst"? I wonder if we say the "n", making it like "renist".

[Wingtsuninja]

Almost like "rinsed" like I rinsed of the potatoes before I peeled them

[astrid__vegan__]

Spoken too fast! Hört sich an wie "bremmst"...

[Isaac418183]

When do I use Ihr instead of Du

[mizinamo]

When you are speaking to several people at once.