afkomen
Dutch
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editafkomen
- (intransitive) to get rid [with van ‘of’] (something unwanted)
- Synonyms: kwijt raken, af zijn van, wegdoen
- Hoe komen we van deze troep af? Ik kan hem niet meer zien.
- How do we get rid of this rubbish? I can't stand the sight of it any more.
- (intransitive) to go straight in the direction [with op ‘of’] (often in a threatening manner)
- Met ontblote tanden kwam de hond op me af
- The dog came at me with bared teeth.
- (transitive, intransitive) to descend, to come off [(optional) with van ‘from’]
- Ze kwam de roltrap af ― She descended the escalater.
- Kom van dat dak af! ― Come down from that roof!
- (intransitive) to become officially recognized
Conjugation
edit| Conjugation of afkomen (strong class 4, irregular, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afkomen | |||
| past singular | kwam af | |||
| past participle | afgekomen | |||
| infinitive | afkomen | |||
| gerund | afkomen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | kom af | kwam af | afkom | afkwam |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | komt af, kom af2 | kwam af | afkomt | afkwam |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | komt af | kwam af | afkomt | afkwam |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | komt af | kwaamt af | afkomt | afkwaamt |
| 3rd person singular | komt af | kwam af | afkomt | afkwam |
| plural | komen af | kwamen af | afkomen | afkwamen |
| subjunctive sing.1 | kome af | kwame af | afkome | afkwame |
| subjunctive plur.1 | komen af | kwamen af | afkomen | afkwamen |
| imperative sing. | kom af | |||
| imperative plur.1 | komt af | |||
| participles | afkomend | afgekomen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||