afdoen.
to remove, to take off
Meaning & usage
to remove, to take off
Het was een zware dag geweest, ze deed haar mantel af, plofte in de luie stoel en gooide haar benen op de poef.
to complete, to fulfill, to finish
to determine, to decide
to dismiss, to reject (often out of hand, lightly)
to detract [with aan or tot ‘from’], to diminish the value
to satisfy, to pay back
to suffice, to contribute, to be sufficient
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch afdoen. Equivalent to af + doen.
Try it on your idea.
afdoen has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.