afwerpen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch afwerpen. Equivalent to af + werpen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑfʋɛrpə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: af‧wer‧pen
Verb
afwerpen
- (transitive) to throw off, to cast off
- (transitive, figuratively) to produce, yield
- Het werk van de brandweer lijkt zijn vruchten af te werpen.
- The work of the fire department appears to yield its fruit.
Inflection
| Inflection of afwerpen (strong class 3+7, separable) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afwerpen | ||||||||
| past singular | wierp af | ||||||||
| past participle | afgeworpen | ||||||||
| infinitive | afwerpen | ||||||||
| gerund | afwerpen n|- class="vsHide" style="background: #E6E6FF;" | main clause | subordinate clause | ||||||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | ||||||
| 1st person singular | werp af | wierp af | afwerp | afwierp | |||||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | werpt af | wierp af | afwerpt | afwierp | |||||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | werpt af | wierp af | afwerpt | afwierp | |||||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | werpt af | wierpt af | afwerpt | afwierpt | |||||
| 3rd person singular | werpt af | wierp af | afwerpt | afwierp | |||||
| plural | werpen af | wierpen af | afwerpen | afwierpen | |||||
| subjunctive sing.1 | werpe af | wierpe af | afwerpe | afwierpe | |||||
| subjunctive plur.1 | werpen af | wierpen af | afwerpen | afwierpen | |||||
| imperative sing. | werp af | ||||||||
| imperative plur.1 | werpt af | ||||||||
| participles | afwerpend | afgeworpen | |||||||
| 1) Archaic. | |||||||||
Derived terms
- afwerping
Anagrams
- werpen af