aftrekking

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aftreckinge. Equivalent to aftrekken (“to subtract”) +‎ -ing (“-ion”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑftrɛkɪŋ/
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Hyphenation: af‧trek‧king

Noun

aftrekking f (plural aftrekkingen, diminutive aftrekkinkje n)

the act of subtracting
subtraction, a mathematical function to calculate the arithmetical difference between two numeric values

Antonyms

(arithmetics) optelling

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