Sep 7, 2015 14:19
8 yrs ago
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Dutch term
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strop lopen
Dutch to English
Marketing
IT (Information Technology)
In the context of processes or systems 'strop lopen'. My best guess is 'to go wrong' - could anyone confirm whether this is right?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | get stuck/jammed |
freekfluweel
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| 4 | go wrong |
Madeleine van Zanten
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Proposed translations
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freekfluweel
Netherlands
Netherlands
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Netherlands
M.Sc. in Architecture, B.A.
Native in: Dutch
Works in: Dutch to German, German to Dutch, English to Dutch, and 5 more.
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get stuck/jammed
strop = vast (Vlaams) -> vastlopen
http://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/stropzitten
http://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/strop, in 't...
http://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/strop zetten
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Note added at 1 uur (2015-09-07 15:26:51 GMT)
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system halted
http://tinyurl.com/o4v68ua
http://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/stropzitten
http://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/strop, in 't...
http://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/strop zetten
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Note added at 1 uur (2015-09-07 15:26:51 GMT)
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system halted
http://tinyurl.com/o4v68ua
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Comment: "Thank you!"
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Madeleine van Zanten
Switzerland
Switzerland
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Switzerland
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Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, German to French, Dutch to French, and 2 more.
go wrong
you are right - strop lopen is for me synonymous with mislukken.
Discussion
in de zin van:
strop·pen
overgankelijk werkwoord, ook absoluut; stropte, heeft gestropt
1 (een stuk touw e.d.) tot een strop maken
betekenisverwante termen
2 (een dier) d.m.v. een strop of strik vangen (Van Dale Groot woordenboek hedendaags Nederlands)