afkalven
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[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]afkalven
- (intransitive) to cave in or calve off, to crumble off, to erode
- Een ijsplateau wordt gevoed door stromend gletsjerijs en verliest massa door het afkalven van ijsbergen.
- An ice shelf is fed through flowing glacier ice and loses mass through the calving off of icebergs.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of afkalven (weak, separable) | ||||
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infinitive | afkalven | |||
past singular | kalfde af | |||
past participle | afgekalfd | |||
infinitive | afkalven | |||
gerund | afkalven n | |||
main clause | subordinate clause | |||
present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
1st person singular | kalf af | kalfde af | afkalf | afkalfde |
2nd person sing. (jij) | kalft af, kalf af2 | kalfde af | afkalft | afkalfde |
2nd person sing. (u) | kalft af | kalfde af | afkalft | afkalfde |
2nd person sing. (gij) | kalft af | kalfde af | afkalft | afkalfde |
3rd person singular | kalft af | kalfde af | afkalft | afkalfde |
plural | kalven af | kalfden af | afkalven | afkalfden |
subjunctive sing.1 | kalve af | kalfde af | afkalve | afkalfde |
subjunctive plur.1 | kalven af | kalfden af | afkalven | afkalfden |
imperative sing. | kalf af | |||
imperative plur.1 | kalft af | |||
participles | afkalvend | afgekalfd | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |