After

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See also: after, æfter, and after-

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)

  1. (anatomy, formal, literary) anus
  2. (obsolete) buttocks, backside

Declension[edit]

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