afpreken
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of af + preken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑfˌpreː.kə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: af‧pre‧ken
Verb
afpreken
- (uncommon, transitive) to sermonise, to reproach at length
- De lerares preekt wat af op een dag.
- The teacher preaches a lot on a daily basis.
- (obsolete, transitive) to dissuade by lengthy speech
Inflection
| Inflection of afpreken (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afpreken | |||
| past singular | preekte af | |||
| past participle | afgepreekt | |||
| infinitive | afpreken | |||
| gerund | afpreken n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | preek af | preekte af | afpreek | afpreekte |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | preekt af | preekte af | afpreekt | afpreekte |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | preekt af | preekte af | afpreekt | afpreekte |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | preekt af | preekte af | afpreekt | afpreekte |
| 3rd person singular | preekt af | preekte af | afpreekt | afpreekte |
| plural | preken af | preekten af | afpreken | afpreekten |
| subjunctive sing.1 | preke af | preekte af | afpreke | afpreekte |
| subjunctive plur.1 | preken af | preekten af | afpreken | afpreekten |
| imperative sing. | preek af | |||
| imperative plur.1 | preekt af | |||
| participles | afprekend | afgepreekt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||