afval

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfɑl/

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• Hyphenation: af‧val

From Middle Dutch afval, shortening of slachtafval (“that which fell off from slaughtered meat.”), equivalent to af +‎ val or a deverbal from afvallen. Compare English offal.

afval n or m (uncountable)

1. rubbish, garbage, trash

   Morgen halen ze het afval op. ― They're collecting the garbage tomorrow.

• Negerhollands: afval
• → Caribbean Javanese: afal

afval m (plural afvallen)

1. the act of dropping out (of a race etc.)
2. apostasy, the act of rejecting a previous affiliation or belief

• geloofsafval

• Afrikaans: afval

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

afval

1. first-person singular dependent-clause present indicative of afvallen

• val af