afstand

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch afstand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaf.stant/
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Noun

afstand (plural afstande)

  1. distance

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to af (“off”) +‎ stand (“standing”), calque of German Abstand (“distance, interval”), which is in turn a calque of Latin distantia

Pronunciation

Noun

afstand c (singular definite afstanden, plural indefinite afstande)

  1. distance

Declension

Declension of afstand
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative afstand afstanden afstande afstandene
genitive afstands afstandens afstandes afstandenes

Synonyms

References

Dutch

Etymology

From afstaan. Equivalent to af +‎ stand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑf.stɑnt/
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  • Hyphenation: af‧stand

Noun

afstand m (plural afstanden, diminutive afstandje n)

  1. distance
    afstand doen van: to cede; to abdicate
    afstand nemen van: to distance oneself of
    Synonym: verte
  2. offset
  3. offstand

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: afstand
  • → Caribbean Javanese: afstan

Gothic

Romanization

afstand

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳
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