afval

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfɑl/

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• Hyphenation: af‧val

From Middle Dutch afval, shortening of slachtafval (“that which fell off from slaughtered meat.”), equivalent to af +‎ val. Compare English offal.

afval m or n (uncountable)

1. rubbish, garbage, trash

   Morgen zullen zij het afval ophalen.

   Tomorrow, they will collect the garbage.

• Negerhollands: afval
• → Caribbean Javanese: afal

afval m (plural afvallen)

1. The act of dropping out (of a race etc.)
2. apostasy, the act of rejecting a previous affiliation or belief

• geloofsafval

• Afrikaans: afval

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

afval

1. first-person singular dependent-clause present indicative of afvallen

• val af