afschaven

Dutch

Etymology

From af + schaven. Cognate with German abschaben, English shave off, afschaven.

Pronunciation

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Verb

afschaven

  1. (transitive) to plane off
  2. to graze, abrade

Inflection

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 afschaafde afafschaafafschaafde
2nd person sing. (jij) schaaft afschaafde afafschaaftafschaafde
2nd person sing. (u) schaaft afschaafde afafschaaftafschaafde
2nd person sing. (gij) schaaft afschaafde afafschaaftafschaafde
3rd person singular schaaft afschaafde afafschaaftafschaafde
plural schaven afschaafden afafschavenafschaafden
subjunctive sing.1 schave afschaafde afafschaveafschaafde
subjunctive plur.1 schaven afschaafden afafschavenafschaafden
imperative sing. schaaf af
imperative plur.1 schaaft af
participles afschavendafgeschaafd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

  • afschaving

References

Low German

Etymology

From af- + schaven. Cognate with Dutch afschaven, German abschaben, English shave off.

Verb

afschaven (third-person singular simple present schaavt af, past tense schaav af, past participle afschaavt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to scrape off, to scrape clean
  2. to wear thin

Conjugation

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