afzwakken
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑfˌsʋɑkə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: af‧zwak‧ken
Verb
afzwakken
- (ergative) to weaken
- In verleden, aardmagnetisch veld zwakte niet altijd af.
- In the past, Earth's magnetic field didn't always weaken.
- (ergative) to subside, to quiet down, to slow down
- Deskundigen melden groei digitale muziekverkoop afzwakken.
- Growth of digital music sales is slowing down - experts report.
- (transitive) to relax (requirement or rule)
- De toezichthouder moet daarom de eisen afzwakken.
- That is why regulatory authority should relax the requirements.
Inflection
| Inflection of afzwakken (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afzwakken | |||
| past singular | zwakte af | |||
| past participle | afgezwakt | |||
| infinitive | afzwakken | |||
| gerund | afzwakken n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | zwak af | zwakte af | afzwak | afzwakte |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zwakt af | zwakte af | afzwakt | afzwakte |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zwakt af | zwakte af | afzwakt | afzwakte |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zwakt af | zwakte af | afzwakt | afzwakte |
| 3rd person singular | zwakt af | zwakte af | afzwakt | afzwakte |
| plural | zwakken af | zwakten af | afzwakken | afzwakten |
| subjunctive sing.1 | zwakke af | zwakte af | afzwakke | afzwakte |
| subjunctive plur.1 | zwakken af | zwakten af | afzwakken | afzwakten |
| imperative sing. | zwak af | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zwakt af | |||
| participles | afzwakkend | afgezwakt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- (weaken): verzwakken
- (relax a requirement): versoepelen
Derived terms
- afzwakking
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