afgeven

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to hand off, hand over, deliver
  2. (intransitive,transitive) to give off when touched
  3. (intransitive) to rant, to voice criticism
  4. (Belgium,intransitive) to give up, to forfeit
  5. (transitive) to secrete, to emit

Concepts

deposit

spread

cable

dispatch

file

hand in

lodge

store

emit

depose

leave

put down

take down

give off

shed

deliver

ensconce

place

seat

take

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
af‧ge‧ven
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɑfˌxeːvə(n)/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch avegeven, from Proto-Germanic *abagebaną; equivalent to af + geven.

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