af

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Abbreviation 1.1.1 Synonyms 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Preposition 2.3 Adverb 3 Dutch 3.1 Adjective 3.2 Postposition 3.3 Adverb 3.4 Derived terms 4 Icelandic 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Preposition 4.3.1 Derived terms 5 Mapudungun 5.1 Preposition 6 Old Norse 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Preposition 6.2.1 Descendants 7 Swedish 7.1 Preposition

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Abbreviation

af

1. The ISO 639-1 official language code of Afrikaans

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• afr (ISO 639-3)

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse af.

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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

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af

1. off

   tage sit tøj af - take off one's clothes

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[edit] Dutch

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af (used only predicatively)

1. finished, done (when working on something)

   Het huis is af. — The house is ready.

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af

1. off (implying motion)

   Stomdronken reed de automobilist de weg af. — Totally drunk, the motorist drove off the road.

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af

1. off

[edit] Derived terms

afbakenen afbijten afbreken, afbraak afdwalen afgeven afhaken afhalen afkalven afkomen, afkomst afkopen afkorten, afkorting afleggen afleiden, afleiding aflopen, afloop afluisteren afmaken afmeten, afmeting afplatten afscheiden

afschuren afslaan afslanken afsluiten afstaan afstemmen afstoten, afstoting afstraffen afstuderen aftreden aftrekken afwassen afwerpen afwijken afwijzen afzetten, afzetting afzonderen eraf

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse af.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [av]

  Rhymes: -av

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af (+ dative)

1. off, from
2. of
3. by

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af hverju bíta af sér brjóta af sér fara af

súpa seyðið af fara af stað koma sér af stað margur verður af aurum api

samanstanda af stafa af af ásettu ráði út af

út af fyrir sig hæla sér af einn af átján hælast um af

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[edit] Mapudungun

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af (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. beside; next to.

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[edit] Old Norse

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *af, *aƀa, *aƀu, 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.

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af

1. of, from, off, by

[edit] Descendants

Danish: af Faroese: av Icelandic: af

Norwegian: av Swedish: av

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Preposition

af

1. Obsolete spelling of av.