afstoffen
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑfstɔfə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: af‧stof‧fen
Verb
afstoffen
- (transitive) to dust off, to clean by removing dust
- Ik heb die oude vaas afgestoft.
- I have dusted that old vase.
- (transitive, figuratively) to brush up, refresh, rekindle (knowledge)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of afstoffen (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afstoffen | |||
| past singular | stofte af | |||
| past participle | afgestoft | |||
| infinitive | afstoffen | |||
| gerund | afstoffen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | stof af | stofte af | afstof | afstofte |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | stoft af, stof af2 | stofte af | afstoft | afstofte |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | stoft af | stofte af | afstoft | afstofte |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | stoft af | stofte af | afstoft | afstofte |
| 3rd person singular | stoft af | stofte af | afstoft | afstofte |
| plural | stoffen af | stoften af | afstoffen | afstoften |
| subjunctive sing.1 | stoffe af | stofte af | afstoffe | afstofte |
| subjunctive plur.1 | stoffen af | stoften af | afstoffen | afstoften |
| imperative sing. | stof af | |||
| imperative plur.1 | stoft af | |||
| participles | afstoffend | afgestoft | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- afstoffing
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: stòf