afwitten
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]afwitten
- (transitive) to paint or chalk white
- (transitive) to complete painting white
- 1965, Hans Andreus, “De witters”, in Maatstaf, volume 13, page 734:
- EERSTE WITTER: We kunnen de boel maar beter gauw afwitten, mevrouw.
- FIRST PAINTER: It's better if we quickly paint the whole thing white.
- 1975, Jan de Hartog, “De Oorlog van het Lam”, in Het koninkrijk van de vrede, volume 4, page 289:
- Ze liep, opzettelijk waggelend, naar de emmer en greep de kwast. 'Maar laten we eerst de zoldering even afwitten.'
- She walked, purposefully tottering, to the bucket and grabbed the brush. 'But let us first paint the ceiling white.'
- (transitive) to remove chalk or white paint from
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of afwitten (weak, separable) | ||||
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infinitive | afwitten | |||
past singular | witte af | |||
past participle | afgewit | |||
infinitive | afwitten | |||
gerund | afwitten n | |||
main clause | subordinate clause | |||
present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
1st person singular | wit af | witte af | afwit | afwitte |
2nd person sing. (jij) | wit af | witte af | afwit | afwitte |
2nd person sing. (u) | wit af | witte af | afwit | afwitte |
2nd person sing. (gij) | wit af | witte af | afwit | afwitte |
3rd person singular | wit af | witte af | afwit | afwitte |
plural | witten af | witten af | afwitten | afwitten |
subjunctive sing.1 | witte af | witte af | afwitte | afwitte |
subjunctive plur.1 | witten af | witten af | afwitten | afwitten |
imperative sing. | wit af | |||
imperative plur.1 | wit af | |||
participles | afwittend | afgewit | ||
1) Archaic. |