afdammen

Dutch

Etymology

From af + dammen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑfdɑmə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: af‧dam‧men

Verb

afdammen

  1. (transitive) to dam (off)
    • 1959, Peter Drabbe, Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands), Kaẹti en Wambon, page 67:
      Komt hier, roepen ze, komt het water afdammen.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Inflection

Inflection of afdammen (weak, separable)
infinitive afdammen
past singular damde af
past participle afgedamd
infinitive afdammen
gerund afdammen n
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular dam afdamde afafdamafdamde
2nd person sing. (jij) damt afdamde afafdamtafdamde
2nd person sing. (u) damt afdamde afafdamtafdamde
2nd person sing. (gij) damt afdamde afafdamtafdamde
3rd person singular damt afdamde afafdamtafdamde
plural dammen afdamden afafdammenafdamden
subjunctive sing.1 damme afdamde afafdammeafdamde
subjunctive plur.1 dammen afdamden afafdammenafdamden
imperative sing. dam af
imperative plur.1 damt af
participles afdammendafgedamd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

  • afdamming
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