after-
See also: after, After, and æfter
English
Etymology
From after (adverb and preposition), and also continuing Middle English after-, efter-, æfter-, from Old English æfter- (“after, behind, against”). Cognate with Scots efter-, West Frisian efter-, German after-, Dutch achter-, Swedish efter-. More at after.
Prefix
after-
- (rare or no longer productive) With contrary, subordinate, or remote effect; denoting hindrance, setback, inferiority, etc.
- afterdeal, aftertale
- With adverbial or adjectival effect, forming compound words indicating something that comes afterwards in spacial position or time.
- With prepositional effect, forming compound words denoting something which follows the second element of the compound.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
- aftre, frate, freat, freta, rafte, trafe
German
Alternative forms
- affter- (obsolete)
Prefix
after-
- (no longer productive) after-, sub-, second... (expressing that something comes after another thing)
- Aftermieter — subtenant
- (no longer productive) pseudo-, spurious... (expressing that something is false or fake)
- Afterklaue — pseudo-claw
- Afterbildung — malformation
- Afterlehre — false doctrine
Derived terms
- Afterbildung
- Afteranwalt
- Afterbelehnung
- Afterblatt
- Afterblitz
- Afterbürge (Afterbürgschaft)
- Afterdarm
- Afterehre
- Aftererbe
- Afterflügel
- Aftergeburt
- Aftergelehrsamkeit
- Afterglück
- Aftergröße
- Afterheu
- Afterholz
- Afterhorn
- Afterkamehl
- Afterkegel
- Afterkind
- Afterklaue
- Afterkohle
- Afterkönig (Afterkönigin)
- Aferkorn
- Afterkugel
- Afterleder
- Afterlehn
- Aftermehl
- Aftermieter
- Aftermontag
- Aftermuse
- Afterpapst
- Afterrede
- Aftersabbat
- Aftersonntag
- Aftersprache
- Afterstück
- Afterteil m
- Afterweiser
- Afterweisheit
- Afterwissenschaft
- Afterzins
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Related terms
- after