Contionary:af
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SinPlatt
Etymology
OS af f. PG af, aƀa, aƀu f. PIE *apo- Compare English off, of, Dutch af, German
Pronunciation
(SinPlatt) IPA: /af/
Preposition
- off, from here, at a distance, down with, on
Skundavisk
Etymology
From Middle Skundavisk af, from Old Skundavisk af, ab, from Halmisk ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /aɸ/
Preposition
af
- of (indicating possession, usually when the use of the genitive case is impossible, like in the case of country names)
- The befølking af Pæksten hat ge'ooken.
- The population of Pakistan has increased.
- The befølking af Pæksten hat ge'ooken.
- off, away from
- Hi ging af the weg.
- He went off the way.
- Hi ging af the weg.
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Dialectal forms
± Sleswijksk - Flensborgisk: av
- Rendsborgisk: av
- Ejsatisk: av
± Frisisk - Thiedmersk: of
- Steenborgisk: af
± West-holtsatisk - Kijlisk: af
- Plønisk: af
- Wippenthorpisk: af
- Segebergisk: af
± Oost-holtsatisk - Lyvigisk: ab
- Åldborgisk: ab