afspitten
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of af + spitten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑfˌspɪ.tə(n)/
- Hyphenation: af‧spit‧ten
Verb
afspitten
- (transitive) to excavate, to remove (material) from (by digging)
Usage notes
- The connotation of afspitten is that the digging is done earnestly without any particular care. One wouldn't use the verb for professional excavation at an archaeological site.
Inflection
| Inflection of afspitten (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afspitten | |||
| past singular | spitte af | |||
| past participle | afgespit | |||
| infinitive | afspitten | |||
| gerund | afspitten n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | spit af | spitte af | afspit | afspitte |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | spit af | spitte af | afspit | afspitte |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | spit af | spitte af | afspit | afspitte |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | spit af | spitte af | afspit | afspitte |
| 3rd person singular | spit af | spitte af | afspit | afspitte |
| plural | spitten af | spitten af | afspitten | afspitten |
| subjunctive sing.1 | spitte af | spitte af | afspitte | afspitte |
| subjunctive plur.1 | spitten af | spitten af | afspitten | afspitten |
| imperative sing. | spit af | |||
| imperative plur.1 | spit af | |||
| participles | afspittend | afgespit | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||