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Definition 2024
afwenden
afwenden
Dutch
Verb
afwenden
- (transitive) to stave off, to avert, to obviate, to prevent
- Het onheil werd door haar toedoen afgewend.
- The misfortune was prevented through her efforts.
- Het onheil werd door haar toedoen afgewend.
- (reflexive) to turn away
Inflection
| Inflection of afwenden (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afwenden | |||
| past singular | wendde af | |||
| past participle | afgewend | |||
| infinitive | afwenden | |||
| gerund | afwenden n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | wend af | wendde af | afwend | afwendde |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | wendt af | wendde af | afwendt | afwendde |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | wendt af | wendde af | afwendt | afwendde |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | wendt af | wendde af | afwendt | afwendde |
| 3rd person singular | wendt af | wendde af | afwendt | afwendde |
| plural | wenden af | wendden af | afwenden | afwendden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | wende af | wendde af | afwende | afwendde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | wenden af | wendden af | afwenden | afwendden |
| imperative sing. | wend af | |||
| imperative plur.1 | wendt af | |||
| participles | afwendend | afgewend | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||