Luxembourgish

Noun

Af m ‎(plural Afen)

1. ape, monkey

English

Adverb

af

1. (postpositive, slang) as ****
   • 2009 April 6, Kull, Ashley, “Ashley Kull on Twitter: "Bored af!!!!"”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2016-06-14:

     Bored af!!!!

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse af.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æːˀ/

Preposition

af

1. by

   the active part, originator: En roman af Hemingway - A novel by Hemingway

2. of

   indicating connection: Ejeren af huset - The owner of the house

   in descriptions: En mand af format - A man of stature; Et hus lavet af træ - A house made of wood

   part of: ni ud af ti - nine out of ten

3. from

   of origin: Jeg hørte det af ham - I heard it from him

4. off

   away from: Jeg faldt af cyklen - I fell off the bike

5. with

   caused by: grøn af misundelse - green with envy

6. out of

   motivated by: Han gjorde det af nysgerrighed - He did it out of curiosity

Adverb

af

1. off

   tage sit tøj af - take off one's clothes

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑf
• IPA^(key): /ɑf/

Etymology

From Old Dutch af, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

Adverb

af

1. off
2. (postpositional) off, from (implying motion)

   Stomdronken reed de automobilist de weg af.

   Totally drunk, the motorist drove off the road.

Inflection

Derived terms

Adjective

af ‎(used only predicatively, comparative meer af, superlative meest af)

1. finished, done (when working on something)

   Het huis is af.‎

   The house is ready.

Gothic

Romanization

af

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍆

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [av]
• Rhymes: -av

Preposition

af

1. (with dative) off, from
2. (with dative) of
3. (with dative) by

Derived terms

Mapudungun

Preposition

af ‎(using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. beside; next to.

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːv/

Verb

af

1. first-person singular present indicative of mynet

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ab, whence also Old English æf, af, of (English of), Old Saxon ab, af, Old High German aba, abo (German ab), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 ‎(af). Compare also au- in Icelandic auvirði.

Preposition

af

1. of, from, off, by

Descendants

References

• af in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ab.

Preposition

af

1. of
2. out

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɸ]

Noun

af f (plural aues)

1. apocopic form of aue ‎(“bird”)
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 97v.

     […] Et q́ deſcéda ſobreſta piedra la uertud de oḿe q́ téga en la mano dieſtra lança ¬ en la ſinieſtra un af traſtornada.

     […] And may over this stone descend the virtue of the man with a spear in his right hand and an upturned bird on his left.

Portuguese

Interjection

af

1. (Internet slang) afe

Scottish Gaelic

Interjection

af

1. arf

Somali

Noun

af ?

1. mouth
2. language

Swedish

Preposition

af

1. of, Obsolete spelling of av still used in surnames of nobility

   Gustaf af Geijerstam

   Carl David af Wirsén

   Greve Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg

   Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg

Synonyms

• de
• von

Welsh

Alternative forms

• a (colloquial)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑːv]

Verb

af

1. (literary) first-person singular present / future of mynd