afschaven

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Dutch

Etymology

From af +‎ schaven. Cognate with German abschaben, English shave off, afschaven.

Pronunciation

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Verb

afschaven

  1. (transitive) to plane off
  2. to graze, abrade

Inflection

Conjugation of afschaven (weak, separable)
infinitive afschaven
past singular schaafde af
past participle afgeschaafd
infinitive afschaven
gerund afschaven n
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular schaaf af schaafde af afschaaf afschaafde
2nd person sing. (jij) schaaft af schaafde af afschaaft afschaafde
2nd person sing. (u) schaaft af schaafde af afschaaft afschaafde
2nd person sing. (gij) schaaft af schaafde af afschaaft afschaafde
3rd person singular schaaft af schaafde af afschaaft afschaafde
plural schaven af schaafden af afschaven afschaafden
subjunctive sing.1 schave af schaafde af afschave afschaafde
subjunctive plur.1 schaven af schaafden af afschaven afschaafden
imperative sing. schaaf af
imperative plur.1 schaaft af
participles afschavend afgeschaafd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

References

Low German

Etymology

From af- +‎ schaven. Cognate with Dutch afschaven, German abschaben, English shave off.

Verb

afschaven (third-person singular simple present schaavt af, past tense schaav af, past participle afschaavt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to scrape off, to scrape clean
  2. to wear thin

Conjugation

Conjugation of afschaven (weak verb, separable)
infinitive afschaven
main clause subordinate clause
indicative present preterite present preterite
1st person singular schaav af schaav af afschaav afschaav
2nd person singular schaavst af schaavst af afschaavst afschaavst
3rd person singular schaavt af schaav af afschaavt afschaav
plural schaavt af schaven af afschaavt afschaven
imperative present — — —
singular schaav af
plural schaavt af
participle present past — —
afschaven afschaavt
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