No. 7,979 in Dutch
eraf
"Off it" or "from it."
In a sentence
Ik haal de poster van de muur, en uiteindelijk hangt hij eraf.
I'm taking the poster off the wall, and eventually it is hanging off of it.
In this sentence, 'eraf' means 'off of it,' indicating something partially detached or hanging off something else.
Hij viel van de fiets en zijn ketting ging eraf.
He fell off the bike, and his chain came off from it.
Here, 'eraf' is used to signify that the chain came off from the structure it was attached to.
De verf bladdert eraf door het vocht.
The paint is peeling off due to the moisture.
'Eraf' here is used to describe the paint coming off the material it adhered to, prompted by an external factor.
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