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Definition 2025
afzetten
afzetten
Dutch
Verb
afzetten
- (transitive) to take off (an item of clothing)
- een hoed afzetten
- to take off a hat
- een hoed afzetten
- (transitive) to switch off (an electronic device)
- (transitive) to amputate
- (transitive) to demarcate, mark out with boundaries
- (transitive) to sell off (a property for example)
- (transitive) to close off, to barricade (a street)
- (transitive) to dethrone, to remove from office
- (transitive) to scam, to rip off
- (transitive) to sediment, to deposit
Inflection
| Inflection of afzetten (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afzetten | |||
| past singular | zette af | |||
| past participle | afgezet | |||
| infinitive | afzetten | |||
| gerund | afzetten n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | zet af | zette af | afzet | afzette |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zet af | zette af | afzet | afzette |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zet af | zette af | afzet | afzette |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zet af | zette af | afzet | afzette |
| 3rd person singular | zet af | zette af | afzet | afzette |
| plural | zetten af | zetten af | afzetten | afzetten |
| subjunctive sing.1 | zette af | zette af | afzette | afzette |
| subjunctive plur.1 | zetten af | zetten af | afzetten | afzetten |
| imperative sing. | zet af | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zet af | |||
| participles | afzettend | afgezet | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- (take off): afnemen
- (switch off): uitzetten, uitschakelen
- (amputate): amputeren
- (sell off): verkopen
- (scam): belazeren