afwenden
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch afwenden. Equivalent to af + wenden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑfʋɛndə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: af‧wen‧den
Verb
afwenden
- (transitive) to stave off, to avert, to obviate, to prevent
- Het onheil werd door haar toedoen afgewend.
- The misfortune was prevented through her efforts.
- (reflexive) to turn away
Inflection
| Inflection of afwenden (weak, separable) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afwenden | ||||||||
| past singular | wendde af | ||||||||
| past participle | afgewend | ||||||||
| infinitive | afwenden | ||||||||
| gerund | afwenden n|- class="vsHide" style="background: #E6E6FF;" | main clause | subordinate clause | ||||||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | ||||||
| 1st person singular | wend af | wendde af | afwend | afwendde | |||||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | wendt af | wendde af | afwendt | afwendde | |||||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | wendt af | wendde af | afwendt | afwendde | |||||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | wendt af | wendde af | afwendt | afwendde | |||||
| 3rd person singular | wendt af | wendde af | afwendt | afwendde | |||||
| plural | wenden af | wendden af | afwenden | afwendden | |||||
| subjunctive sing.1 | wende af | wendde af | afwende | afwendde | |||||
| subjunctive plur.1 | wenden af | wendden af | afwenden | afwendden | |||||
| imperative sing. | wend af | ||||||||
| imperative plur.1 | wendt af | ||||||||
| participles | afwendend | afgewend | |||||||
| 1) Archaic. | |||||||||
Derived terms
- afwending