afdoen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch afdoen. Equivalent to af + doen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑf.dun/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: af‧doen
Verb
afdoen
- (transitive, especially of clothes or decoration) to remove, to take off
- Het was een zware dag geweest, ze deed haar mantel af, plofte in de luie stoel en gooide haar benen op de poef. ― It had been a tough day, she took off her jacket, dropped in the armchair and threw her legs on the pouffe.
- (transitive) to complete, to fulfill, to finish
- (transitive) to determine, to decide
- (transitive) to dismiss, to reject (often out of hand, lightly)
- (intransitive) to detract [+ aan/tot (from)], to diminish the value
- (transitive, in particular of debts) to satisfy, to pay back
- (intransitive) to suffice, to contribute, to be sufficient
Inflection
| Inflection of afdoen (strong class non-standard, irregular, separable) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afdoen | ||||||||
| past singular | deed af | ||||||||
| past participle | afgedaan | ||||||||
| infinitive | afdoen | ||||||||
| gerund | afdoen n|- class="vsHide" style="background: #E6E6FF;" | main clause | subordinate clause | ||||||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | ||||||
| 1st person singular | doe af | deed af | afdoe | afdeed | |||||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | doet af | deed af | afdoet | afdeed | |||||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | doet af | deed af | afdoet | afdeed | |||||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | doet af | deedt af | afdoet | afdeedt | |||||
| 3rd person singular | doet af | deed af | afdoet | afdeed | |||||
| plural | doen af | deden af | afdoen | afdeden | |||||
| subjunctive sing.1 | doe af | dede af | afdoe | afdede | |||||
| subjunctive plur.1 | doen af | deden af | afdoen | afdeden | |||||
| imperative sing. | doe af | ||||||||
| imperative plur.1 | doet af | ||||||||
| participles | afdoend | afgedaan | |||||||
| 1) Archaic. | |||||||||
Synonyms
(take off (clothes)):
- uitdoen
(finish):
- voltooien