aftrekken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aftrecken. The sense “to subtract” was coined by Simon Stevin as a calque of Latin dētrahō. Equivalent to af +‎ trekken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑftrɛkə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: af‧trek‧ken

Verb

aftrekken

1. (transitive) to pull off
2. (transitive, arithmetic) to subtract
3. (transitive) to clean/level etc. with a squeegee
4. (transitive, slang) to wank, to jerk off, to give a hand job; to stimulate one's own or another person's penis using the hand.

Inflection

Conjugation of aftrekken (strong class 3b, separable)
infinitive	aftrekken
past singular	trok af
past participle	afgetrokken
infinitive	aftrekken
gerund	aftrekken n
	main clause		subordinate clause
	present tense	past tense	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	trek af	trok af	aftrek	aftrok
2nd person sing. (jij)	trekt af	trok af	aftrekt	aftrok
2nd person sing. (u)	trekt af	trok af	aftrekt	aftrok
2nd person sing. (gij)	trekt af	trokt af	aftrekt	aftrokt
3rd person singular	trekt af	trok af	aftrekt	aftrok
plural	trekken af	trokken af	aftrekken	aftrokken
subjunctive sing.1	trekke af	trokke af	aftrekke	aftrokke
subjunctive plur.1	trekken af	trokken af	aftrekken	aftrokken
imperative sing.	trek af
imperative plur.1	trekt af
participles	aftrekkend	afgetrokken
1) Archaic.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “subtract”): optellen

Derived terms

• aftrek
• aftrekbaar
• aftrekking

 

Descendants

• Negerhollands: trek af
• → Caribbean Javanese: trèg-af

Anagrams

• trekken af