af

af (not comparable)

1. (postpositive, vulgar, slang, Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of as fuck.
   • 2009 April 6, Kull, Ashley, “Ashley Kull on Twitter: "Bored af!!!!"”, in Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2016-06-14:

     Bored af!!!!

• F/A, FA, fa

From Old Norse af.

• IPA^(key): /æːˀ/

af

1. by

   the active part, originator: En roman af Hemingway - A novel by Hemingway

2. of

   indicating connection: Ejeren af huset - The owner of the house

   in descriptions: En mand af format - A man of stature; Et hus lavet af træ - A house made of wood

   part of: ni ud af ti - nine out of ten

3. from

   of origin: Jeg hørte det af ham - I heard it from him

4. off

   away from: Jeg faldt af cyklen - I fell off the bike

5. with

   caused by: grøn af misundelse - green with envy

6. out of

   motivated by: Han gjorde det af nysgerrighed - He did it out of curiosity

af

1. off

   tage sit tøj af - take off one's clothes

From Middle Dutch af, from Old Dutch af, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

• IPA^(key): /ɑf/

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• Hyphenation: af
• Rhymes: -ɑf

af

1. off
2. (postpositional) off, from (implying motion)

   Stomdronken reed de automobilist de weg af.

   Totally drunk, the motorist drove off the road.

af (used only predicatively, comparative meer af, superlative meest af)

1. finished, done (when working on something)

   Het huis is af.

   The house is ready.

• klaar

• onaf

af

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍆

From Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

• IPA^(key): /aːv/
• Rhymes: -aːv

af

1. (with dative) off, from
2. (with dative) of
3. (with dative) by

af (imperfect jaf)

1. to know

   Ma kienx jaf li wasalna.

   He didn't know that we'd arrived.

   Ma nafx jekk huwa jkunx reliġjuż.

   I don't know whether [or not] he's religious.

af (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. beside; next to.

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

From Old Dutch af, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

af

1. off, out, away
2. of, about

Generally found in combination with a locative adverb such as hier, daer. Also found combined with a verb. In prepositional usage, van was used.

• āve
• of

• Dutch: af
• Limburgish: aaf

• “ave (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “af”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

• IPA^(key): /aːv/

af

1. first-person singular present indicative of mynet

From Proto-Germanic *ab, whence also Old English æf, af, of (English of), Old Saxon ab, af, Old High German aba, abo (German ab), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af). Compare also au- in Icelandic auvirði.

af

1. of, from, off, by

• af in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Proto-Germanic *ab.

af

1. of
2. out

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɸ]

af f (plural aues)

1. Apocopic form of aue (“bird”)
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 97v.

     […] Et q́ deſcéda ſobreſta piedra la uertud de oḿe q́ téga en la mano dieſtra lança ¬ en la ſinieſtra un af traſtornada.

     […] And may over this stone descend the virtue of the man with a spear in his right hand and an upturned bird on his left.

af

1. (Internet slang) afe

af

1. arf

af m

1. mouth
2. language

af

1. of, Obsolete spelling of av still used in surnames of nobility

   Gustaf af Geijerstam

   Carl David af Wirsén

   Greve Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg

   Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg

• de
• von

• a (colloquial)

• (North Wales) (standard) IPA^(key): /aːv/
  • (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /aː/
• (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /aːv/
  • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /aː/

af

1. (literary) first-person singular present indicative and future of mynd