aftrekken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aftrecken. The sense “to subtract” was coined by Simon Stevin as a calque of Latin dētrahō. Equivalent to af +‎ trekken.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑftrɛkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: af‧trek‧ken

Verb

aftrekken

  1. (transitive) to pull off
  2. (transitive, arithmetic) to subtract
  3. (transitive) to clean/level etc. with a squeegee
  4. (transitive, slang) to wank, to jack off; to stimulate with one's hand of one's own or another one's penis

Inflection
Inflection of aftrekken (strong class 3b, separable)
infinitive aftrekken
past singular trok af
past participle afgetrokken
infinitive aftrekken
gerund aftrekken n
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular trek aftrok afaftrekaftrok
2nd person sing. (jij) trekt aftrok afaftrektaftrok
2nd person sing. (u) trekt aftrok afaftrektaftrok
2nd person sing. (gij) trekt aftrokt afaftrektaftrokt
3rd person singular trekt aftrok afaftrektaftrok
plural trekken aftrokken afaftrekkenaftrokken
subjunctive sing.1 trekke aftrokke afaftrekkeaftrokke
subjunctive plur.1 trekken aftrokken afaftrekkenaftrokken
imperative sing. trek af
imperative plur.1 trekt af
participles aftrekkendafgetrokken
1) Archaic.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Negerhollands: trek af
  • → Caribbean Javanese: trèg-af

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