aflever

Aflever is a term that is not commonly recognized as a standalone word in standard Dutch. It is most often encountered as an informal abbreviation or shorthand for aflevering, the Dutch word for an episode, installment, or edition of a program, podcast, or publication. In formal writing, aflevering is the correct term, while aflever is rare outside casual notes or specific note-taking contexts.

Usage and context

Aflever may appear in informal notes, production checklists, or fan wikis and streaming guides where space is limited or rapid notation is used. It can also show up in metadata fields or quick-reference tables in media databases. Because it is not part of standard vocabulary, its meaning can be ambiguous in formal contexts, and it is generally advised to use aflevering in professional or editorial writing. For example, a standard formulation would be: De eerste aflevering van de serie is spannend, whereas using aflever would be considered nonstandard or shorthand in most settings.

Etymology and status

The standard noun aflevering derives from the verb leveren with the prefix af-, meaning a thing that is delivered as part of a series. This aligns with the sense of a single installment within a larger work. Aflever, by contrast, does not have official status in major dictionaries and is best understood as an informal shorthand rather than a fixed linguistic form. See also aflevering, afleveren.