beige

af-adj

beige (attributive beige, comparative beiger, superlative beigeste)

beige (attributive)
beiger (comparative)
beigeste (superlative)


a cappella

Either from Dutch a capella or from English a cappella, ultimately from Italian alla cappella.


pers

From Dutch pers, from Middle Dutch perse.


hamer

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hamer (plural hamers, diminutive hamertjie)

From Dutch hamer, from Middle Dutch hāmer, from Old Dutch *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz.

(music) a hammer; part of a piano, dulcimer and similar instruments which strikes the string


wit

af-adj

wit (attributive wit, comparative witter, superlative witste)

wit (attributive)
witter (comparative)
witste (superlative)

From Dutch wit, from Middle Dutch wit, from Old Dutch *wit, from Proto-Germanic *hwittaz.


groen

groen (attributive groen, comparative groener, superlative groenste)

groen (attributive)
groener (comparative)
groenste (superlative)

From Dutch groen, from Middle Dutch groene, from Old Dutch *gruoni, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.


blank

blank (attributive blanke, comparative blanker, superlative blankste)

blanke (attributive)
blanker (comparative)
blankste (superlative)


bas

From Dutch bas, borrowed from Middle French basse, from Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.


loop

From Dutch loop, from Middle Dutch lôop, from Old Dutch *lōp.

(music, usually in diminutive) run: a rapid passage in music, especially along a scale


swart

swart (attributive swart, comparative swarter, superlative swartste)

swart (attributive)
swarter (comparative)
swartste (superlative)

From Dutch zwart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz.


bruin

bruin (attributive bruine, comparative bruiner, superlative bruinste)

bruine (attributive)
bruiner (comparative)
bruinste (superlative)

coloured, of mixed-race and/or Southeast Asian stock


daglig

From Dutch daglicht. Equivalent to dag + lig.


sleutel

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sleutel (plural sleutels, diminutive sleuteltjie)

sleutels (plural)
sleuteltjie (diminutive)

From Dutch sleutel, from Middle Dutch slōtel, sluetel, from Old Dutch *slutil, from Proto-West Germanic *slutil.


oranje

af-adj

oranje (attributive oranje, comparative oranjier, superlative oranjeste)

oranje (attributive)
oranjier (comparative)
oranjeste (superlative)

From Dutch oranje, from Middle Dutch arance, orange, from Old French orenge, arange, from Latin arancia, from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga), from Dravidian.


geel

geel (attributive geel, comparative geler, superlative geelste)

geel (attributive)
geler (comparative)
geelste (superlative)


kruis

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kruis (plural kruise, diminutive kruisie)

From Dutch kruis, from Middle Dutch crûce, from Old Dutch *krūci, from Latin crux (“cross”).


koor

From Dutch koor, from Middle Dutch côor.


sanger

From Dutch zanger, from Middle Dutch sanger.


aktinium

From Dutch actinium, from French actinium, equivalent to aktin- + -ium.


capriccio

Either from Dutch capriccio or from English capriccio, ultimately from Italian capriccio.


viool

viool (plural viole, diminutive viooltjie)

From Dutch viool, from Middle French viole, from Medieval Latin vitula.


blou

af-adj

blou (attributive blou, comparative blouer, superlative blouste)

blou (attributive)
blouer (comparative)
blouste (superlative)

From Dutch blauw, from Middle Dutch blau, from Old Dutch *blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.


grys

grys (attributive gryse, comparative gryser, superlative grysste)

gryse (attributive)
gryser (comparative)
grysste (superlative)


volkslied

From Dutch volkslied. Equivalent to volk + -s- + lied.


motief

From Dutch motief, from Middle Dutch motijf, from French motif, from Latin mōtīvus.

Daar is geen motiewe in hierdie kuns, alleen maar improvisasie nie.

There are no motifs in this art, there's only improvisation.


vuurtoring

From Dutch vuurtoren. Equivalent to vuur + toring.


xilofoon

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xilofoon (plural xilofone, diminutive xilofoontjie)

xilofone (plural)
xilofoontjie (diminutive)


klavier

From Dutch klavier, from Middle Dutch klavier, from Middle French clavier.


ligtoring

From Dutch lichttoren. Equivalent to lig + toring.


Die Stem van Suid-Afrika

The Call of South Africa
The Call of South Africa


Die Stem

Die Stem van Suid-Afrika
Die Stem van Suid-Afrika#Afrikaans

(informal) Short for Die Stem van Suid-Afrika.


ligroos

af-adj

ligroos (attributive ligroose, comparative ligrooser, superlative ligroosste)

ligroose (attributive)
ligrooser (comparative)
ligroosste (superlative)


pienk

pienk (attributive pienke, comparative pienker, superlative pienkste)

pienke (attributive)
pienker (comparative)
pienkste (superlative)


orkes

From Dutch orkest, from French orchestre, from Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra).


radioaktiewe element

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radioaktiewe element (plural radioaktiewe elemente)

(physics) radioactive element; Synonym of radioëlement


radioaktief

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radioaktief (attributive radioaktiewe, comparative meer radioaktief, superlative mees radioaktiewe or radioaktiefste)

radioaktiewe (attributive)
meer radioaktief (comparative)
mees radioaktiewe (superlative)
radioaktiefste (superlative)

From Dutch radioactief, equivalent to radio- + aktief.


radioaktiwiteit

From Dutch radioactiviteit, equivalent to radio- + aktiwiteit (“activity”).


liedjieskrywer

From liedjie (“song”) + skrywer (“writer”).


karmosyn

af-verb

karmosyn (present karmosyn, present participle karmosynende, past participle gekarmosyn)

karmosyn (present)
karmosynende (participle present)
gekarmosyn (participle past)

From Dutch karmozijn, from Middle French cramoisin, from Old French cramoisin, from Latin carmesinus, a variant of carminus, from Arabic قرمزي (qirmizi), a derived form of قرمز (qirmiz).

(intransitive, rare) to crimson (to become crimson-coloured)


brandstigting

From Dutch brandstichting. Equivalent to brandstig + -ing.


temalied

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temalied (plural temaliede, diminutive temaliedjie)

temaliede (plural)
temaliedjie (diminutive)

(music) intro, theme song (a song that supports the theme of a radio or TV program and is usually played at the beginning of it)