aftrekken

From Middle Dutch aftrecken. The sense “to subtract” was coined by Simon Stevin as a calque of Latin dētrahō. Equivalent to af +‎ trekken.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑftrɛkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: af‧trek‧ken

aftrekken

1. (transitive) to pull off
2. (transitive, arithmetic) to subtract
3. (transitive) to clean/level etc. with a squeegee
4. (transitive, slang) to wank, to jerk off, to give a hand job; to stimulate one's own or another person's penis using the hand.

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• (subtract): optellen

• Negerhollands: trek af
• → Caribbean Javanese: trèg-af

• trekken af