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- English
- to sacrifice; to give money
- Français
- sacrifier; donner l'aumône
- Deutsch
- opfern; Geld spenden
- Type
- VRB
- Synonym
- opferen
- Auxiliary
- hunn
- Participe passé
- geaffert
afferen
Pronunciation (IPA)
[ˈɑfəʀən]
Meanings and translations
Meaning 1
- Deutsch
- opfern (zum Opfer bringen)
- Français
- sacrifier (offrir en sacrifice)
- English
- to sacrifice (as an offering to a deity)
- Português
- sacrificar (oferecer em sacrifício)
- Nederlands
- offeren (als offer brengen/schenken)
Synonyms
opferen
Meaning 2
- Deutsch
- opfern (verzichten auf)
- Français
- sacrifier (négliger, abandonner pour une cause)
- English
- to sacrifice (to give up selflessly)
- Português
- sacrificar (negligenciar, abandonar para certo fim)
- Nederlands
- opofferen (afstand doen van, prijsgeven)
Synonyms
opferen
Meaning 3
- Deutsch
- Geld spenden (beim Opfergang)
- Français
- donner l'aumône (lors de la quête)
- English
- to give money (in church)
- Português
- dar esmola (durante o peditório)
- Nederlands
- geld geven (bij de collecte in de kerk)
Usage notes
Spelling variants
Only source-reviewed variants are suggested.
- affer
- afferen
- affers
- affert
- geaffert
- geaffertem
- geafferten
- geafferter
Example sentences
fréier goufen Déieren a Mënsche geaffert
Meaning 1: to sacrifice
wa kee sech mellt, dann afferen ech mech alt!
colloquialMeaning 1: to sacrifice
wiers du bereet, deng Fräizäit dofir ze afferen ?
Meaning 2: to sacrifice
hues du Mënz, fir an der Mass ze afferen ?
Meaning 3: to give money
Verb conjugation
- Infinitive
- afferen
- Past participle
- geaffert
- Auxiliary
- hunn
Indicative · Present
- ech
- afferen
- du
- affers
- hien / hatt / si
- affert
- mir
- afferen
- dir
- affert
- si
- afferen
Indicative · Perfect
- ech
- hu geaffert
- du
- hues geaffert
- hien / hatt / si
- huet geaffert
- mir
- hu geaffert
- dir
- hutt geaffert
- si
- hu geaffert
Indicative · Pluperfect
- ech
- hat geaffert
- du
- has geaffert
- hien / hatt / si
- hat geaffert
- mir
- hate geaffert
- dir
- hat geaffert
- si
- hate geaffert
Conditional · Present
- ech
- géif / géing afferen
- du
- géifs / géings afferen
- hien / hatt / si
- géif / géing afferen
- mir
- géifen / géingen afferen
- dir
- géift / géingt afferen
- si
- géifen / géingen afferen
Conditional · Past
- ech
- hätt geaffert
- du
- häss geaffert
- hien / hatt / si
- hätt geaffert
- mir
- hätte geaffert
- dir
- hätt geaffert
- si
- hätte geaffert
Imperative · Present
- du
- affer!
- dir
- affert!