After
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German after, from Old High German aftero ("rear; behind; below"; compare Old High German aftar (“after”, preposition, adverb)), from Proto-Germanic *after, *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *apo- (“off, behind”). Compare English after, Dutch achter, Danish efter.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈaftɐ/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈaːftɐ/ (quite common; via English after, given the word’s infrequency in speech)
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Noun[edit]
After m (strong, genitive Afters, plural After)
Declension[edit]
Declension of After [masculine, strong]
Synonyms[edit]
(anus):
Derived terms[edit]
(anus):
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “After” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “After” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “After” in Duden online
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “After”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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