afleggen
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Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch afleggen, aveleggen, from Proto-Germanic *abalagjaną. Equivalent to af + leggen.
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Verb edit
afleggen
- (transitive) to cover (e.g. a distance)
- Zonnevliegtuig legt recordafstand af.
- Solar-powered aircraft covers a record distance.
- (intransitive, with het as the object) to perish, to die
- (intransitive, with het as the object) to be defeated
- (transitive) to prepare a deceased person for the funeral
Inflection edit
| Inflection of afleggen (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afleggen | |||
| past singular | legde af | |||
| past participle | afgelegd | |||
| infinitive | afleggen | |||
| gerund | afleggen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | leg af | legde af | afleg | aflegde |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | legt af | legde af | aflegt | aflegde |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | legt af | legde af | aflegt | aflegde |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | legt af | legde af | aflegt | aflegde |
| 3rd person singular | legt af | legde af | aflegt | aflegde |
| plural | leggen af | legden af | afleggen | aflegden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | legge af | legde af | aflegge | aflegde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | leggen af | legden af | afleggen | aflegden |
| imperative sing. | leg af | |||
| imperative plur.1 | legt af | |||
| participles | afleggend | afgelegd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
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afleggen