aftrekken

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aftrecken. The sense “to subtract” was coined by Simon Stevin as a calque of Latin dētrahō. Equivalent to af +‎ trekken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑftrɛkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: af‧trek‧ken

Verb

aftrekken

  1. (transitive) to pull off
  2. (transitive, arithmetic) to subtract
  3. (transitive) to clean/level etc. with a squeegee
  4. (transitive, slang) to wank, to jerk off, to give a hand job; to stimulate one's own or another person's penis using the hand.

Inflection

Inflection of aftrekken (strong class 3b, separable)
infinitive aftrekken
past singular trok af
past participle afgetrokken
infinitive aftrekken
gerund aftrekken n
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular trek af trok af aftrek aftrok
2nd person sing. (jij) trekt af trok af aftrekt aftrok
2nd person sing. (u) trekt af trok af aftrekt aftrok
2nd person sing. (gij) trekt af trokt af aftrekt aftrokt
3rd person singular trekt af trok af aftrekt aftrok
plural trekken af trokken af aftrekken aftrokken
subjunctive sing.1 trekke af trokke af aftrekke aftrokke
subjunctive plur.1 trekken af trokken af aftrekken aftrokken
imperative sing. trek af
imperative plur.1 trekt af
participles aftrekkend afgetrokken
1) Archaic.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “subtract”): optellen

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: trek af
  • → Caribbean Javanese: trèg-af

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