Noun: afval
Gender: Neuter, Masculine
Hyphenation:
uncountable
Sample Sentences
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Morgen halen ze het afval op. (They're collecting the garbage tomorrow.)
Nouns inflected like afval
internettrol,
grenstol,
zevende naamval,
diefstal,
mottenbal,
paasstol,
slachtofferrol,
Olympiajol,
boksbal,
boogbal,
boekrol,
spoedgeval,
bouwval,
niemendal,
bagatel,
grote pimpernel,
zoutwaterkrokodil,
sneeuwval,
sneeuwbol,
sneeuwbal, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch afval, shortening of slachtafval (“that which fell off from slaughtered meat.”), equivalent to af + val or a deverbal from afvallen. Compare English offal. See: English Nouns '
offal'.
Verbs referencing "afval"
English Nouns
offal, German Nouns
Abfall, Danish Nouns
affald.
Translations