afschaven
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From af + schaven. Cognate with German abschaben, English shave off, afschaven.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
afschaven
- (transitive) to plane off
- to graze, abrade
Inflection[edit]
| Conjugation of afschaven (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afschaven | |||
| past singular | schaafde af | |||
| past participle | afgeschaafd | |||
| infinitive | afschaven | |||
| gerund | afschaven n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | schaaf af | schaafde af | afschaaf | afschaafde |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | schaaft af | schaafde af | afschaaft | afschaafde |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | schaaft af | schaafde af | afschaaft | afschaafde |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | schaaft af | schaafde af | afschaaft | afschaafde |
| 3rd person singular | schaaft af | schaafde af | afschaaft | afschaafde |
| plural | schaven af | schaafden af | afschaven | afschaafden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | schave af | schaafde af | afschave | afschaafde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | schaven af | schaafden af | afschaven | afschaafden |
| imperative sing. | schaaf af | |||
| imperative plur.1 | schaaft af | |||
| participles | afschavend | afgeschaafd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “SCHAVEN”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
- https://www.ensie.nl/vandale1898/afschaven
Low German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From af- + schaven. Cognate with Dutch afschaven, German abschaben, English shave off.
Verb[edit]
afschaven (third-person singular simple present schaavt af, past tense schaav af, past participle afschaavt, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to scrape off, to scrape clean
- to wear thin
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of afschaven (weak verb, separable)
| infinitive | afschaven | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| indicative | present | preterite | present | preterite |
| 1st person singular | schaav af | schaav af | afschaav | afschaav |
| 2nd person singular | schaavst af | schaavst af | afschaavst | afschaavst |
| 3rd person singular | schaavt af | schaav af | afschaavt | afschaav |
| plural | schaavt af | schaven af | afschaavt | afschaven |
| imperative | present | — | — | — |
| singular | schaav af | |||
| plural | schaavt af | |||
| participle | present | past | — | — |
| afschaven | afschaavt | |||