afnemen
Meaning
- (intransitive) to decrease
- (transitive) to take off, to remove
- (transitive) to take, to draw
- (transitive) to have (someone) undergo
Frequency
Hyphenated as
af‧ne‧men
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɑfneːmə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch afnemen, avenemen, from Old Dutch avaneman, from Proto-Germanic *abanemaną; equivalent to af + nemen.
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Sentences
De dokter 🧑⚕️ kwam langs omdat hij wat bloed 🩸 moest afnemen .
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🩸
The doctor came by because he had to take some blood.
