afpreken

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Dutch

Etymology

Compound of af +‎ preken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑfˌpreː.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: af‧pre‧ken

Verb

afpreken

  1. (uncommon, transitive) to sermonise, to reproach at length
    De lerares preekt wat af op een dag.
    The teacher preaches a lot on a daily basis.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) to dissuade by lengthy speech

Inflection

Conjugation of afpreken (weak, separable)
infinitive afpreken
past singular preekte af
past participle afgepreekt
infinitive afpreken
gerund afpreken n
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular preek af preekte af afpreek afpreekte
2nd person sing. (jij) preekt af preekte af afpreekt afpreekte
2nd person sing. (u) preekt af preekte af afpreekt afpreekte
2nd person sing. (gij) preekt af preekte af afpreekt afpreekte
3rd person singular preekt af preekte af afpreekt afpreekte
plural preken af preekten af afpreken afpreekten
subjunctive sing.1 preke af preekte af afpreke afpreekte
subjunctive plur.1 preken af preekten af afpreken afpreekten
imperative sing. preek af
imperative plur.1 preekt af
participles afprekend afgepreekt
1) Archaic.