afsteken

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch afstēken. Equivalent to af +‎ steken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑfsteːkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: af‧ste‧ken

Verb

afsteken

  1. (transitive) to remove by inserting a tool
  2. (intransitive) to depart, take off (from the coast)
  3. (transitive) to light (e.g. a match, fireworks)
  4. (intransitive) to contrast, to stick out
  5. (transitive) to pronounce, to announce (out loud)
  6. (transitive) to jab off, to knock off with a jabbing or thrusting movement

Conjugation

Conjugation of afsteken (strong class 4, separable)
infinitive afsteken
past singular stak af
past participle afgestoken
infinitive afsteken
gerund afsteken n
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular steek af stak af afsteek afstak
2nd person sing. (jij) steekt af, steek af2 stak af afsteekt afstak
2nd person sing. (u) steekt af stak af afsteekt afstak
2nd person sing. (gij) steekt af staakt af afsteekt afstaakt
3rd person singular steekt af stak af afsteekt afstak
plural steken af staken af afsteken afstaken
subjunctive sing.1 steke af stake af afsteke afstake
subjunctive plur.1 steken af staken af afsteken afstaken
imperative sing. steek af
imperative plur.1 steekt af
participles afstekend afgestoken
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Anagrams

Low German

Etymology

From af +‎ steken.

Verb

afsteken (past steek af or stook af, past participle afsteken or afstaken, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to stab

Conjugation

Synonyms