afzakken

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Dutch

Etymology

From af +‎ zakken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑfˌsɑkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: af‧zak‧ken

Verb

afzakken

  1. (intransitive) to drop down, to come down
    Hee! Je broek zakt af!
    Hey! Your trousers/pants are coming down!
  2. (intransitive) to sag
  3. (intransitive) to decrease, to lessen
  4. (intransitive, of rain) to slowly disperse, to float away
  5. (intransitive, of crowd) to disperse
  6. (intransitive, figuratively) to sink to a lower level, to fall from grace

Conjugation

Conjugation of afzakken (weak, separable)
infinitive afzakken
past singular zakte af
past participle afgezakt
infinitive afzakken
gerund afzakken n
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular zak af zakte af afzak afzakte
2nd person sing. (jij) zakt af, zak af2 zakte af afzakt afzakte
2nd person sing. (u) zakt af zakte af afzakt afzakte
2nd person sing. (gij) zakt af zakte af afzakt afzakte
3rd person singular zakt af zakte af afzakt afzakte
plural zakken af zakten af afzakken afzakten
subjunctive sing.1 zakke af zakte af afzakke afzakte
subjunctive plur.1 zakken af zakten af afzakken afzakten
imperative sing. zak af
imperative plur.1 zakt af
participles afzakkend afgezakt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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