afzagen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑfˌsaː.ɣə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: af‧za‧gen
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch afsagen. Equivalent to af + zagen.
Verb
afzagen
- (transitive) to saw off
- Toen de pathologe zag dat lijkrovers haar mortuarium plunderden, zaagde zij voor straf en als trofee hun armen af.
- When the pathologist saw that body snatchers were plundering her morgue, she sawed off their arms as a punishment and a trophy.
Inflection
| Inflection of afzagen (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afzagen | |||
| past singular | zaagde af | |||
| past participle | afgezaagd | |||
| infinitive | afzagen | |||
| gerund | afzagen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | zaag af | zaagde af | afzaag | afzaagde |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zaagt af | zaagde af | afzaagt | afzaagde |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zaagt af | zaagde af | afzaagt | afzaagde |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zaagt af | zaagde af | afzaagt | afzaagde |
| 3rd person singular | zaagt af | zaagde af | afzaagt | afzaagde |
| plural | zagen af | zaagden af | afzagen | afzaagden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | zage af | zaagde af | afzage | afzaagde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | zagen af | zaagden af | afzagen | afzaagden |
| imperative sing. | zaag af | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zaagt af | |||
| participles | afzagend | afgezaagd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: afsaag
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
afzagen
- inflection of afzien:
- plural dependent-clause past indicative
- (dated or formal) plural dependent-clause past subjunctive
Anagrams
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