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afslaan.

to decline, to reject

7 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɑfslaːn/
  1. to decline, to reject

    transitive
    Hij heeft het aanbod afgeslagen.
  2. to halt, to stop, to switch off

    intransitive
    De motor is afgeslagen.
  3. to turn, to take off in a direction perpendicular to the one one was travelling in before

    intransitive
    Sla bij de volgende kruising links af.
  4. to strike off

    transitive
  5. to beat up

    dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch afslaen. Equivalent to af + slaan.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.