aftreden

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to resign, abdicate
2. (archaic,intransitive) to step down, to walk downward
3. (archaic,intransitive) to walk away
4. (archaic,transitive) to complete traversing (a given distance)

Hyphenated as

af‧tre‧den

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑftreːdə(n)/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aftreden. Equivalent to af + treden.

Sentences

Na het aftreden van de directeur kwam de manager meer naar de voorgrond .

After the director's resignation, the manager came more to the fore.