Lauf may refer to:

Lauf an der Pegnitz, town in Bavaria, Germany Lauf (Baden), municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany Lauf Cycling, an Icelandic cyclocross company

See also Hans Freiherr von Geyer zu Lauf (1895–1959), German painter The Way Things Go (German: Der Lauf der Dinge), a 1987 art film by the Swiss artist duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss Lauff