afkloppen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]afkloppen
- (transitive) to strike off (to separate by blows)
- Na het buitenspelen klopten de kinderen het zand van zich af.
- After playing outside, the children struck the sand off of themselves.
- to knock on wood (to take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of afkloppen (weak, separable) | ||||
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infinitive | afkloppen | |||
past singular | klopte af | |||
past participle | afgeklopt | |||
infinitive | afkloppen | |||
gerund | afkloppen n | |||
main clause | subordinate clause | |||
present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
1st person singular | klop af | klopte af | afklop | afklopte |
2nd person sing. (jij) | klopt af, klop af2 | klopte af | afklopt | afklopte |
2nd person sing. (u) | klopt af | klopte af | afklopt | afklopte |
2nd person sing. (gij) | klopt af | klopte af | afklopt | afklopte |
3rd person singular | klopt af | klopte af | afklopt | afklopte |
plural | kloppen af | klopten af | afkloppen | afklopten |
subjunctive sing.1 | kloppe af | klopte af | afkloppe | afklopte |
subjunctive plur.1 | kloppen af | klopten af | afkloppen | afklopten |
imperative sing. | klop af | |||
imperative plur.1 | klopt af | |||
participles | afkloppend | afgeklopt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |