What is "laupen"

There are places that have the name Laupen:

In Switzerland:

• Laupen, Bern, a municipality in the Canton of Bern
• Laupen (district), the administrative district including that municipality
• Laupen, Zurich, a town in the municipality of Rüti in the Canton of Zürich
• Laupen, St. Gallen, a hamlet on the river Thur in the Canton of St. Gallen

Laupen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district and its district capital, situated in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.