vliegtuig

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vliegtuig (plural vliegtuie, diminutive vliegtuigie)

vliegtuie (plural)
vliegtuigie (diminutive)

From Dutch vliegtuig. Equivalent to vlieg + tuig.


wapen

wapen (plural wapens, diminutive wapentjie)

From Dutch wapen, from Middle Dutch wâpen, from Old Dutch wāpan, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną.


koper

From Dutch koper, from Middle Dutch coper, ultimately from Latin cuprum.


hamer

hamer (plural hamers, diminutive hamertjie)

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

a hammer in the firing mechanism of a firearm

(sports) a hammer; heavy ball on a length of wire, used for throwing

(anatomy) hammer, malleus; largest ossicle in the middle ear


hamer

af-verb

hamer (present hamer, present participle hamerende, past participle gehamer)

hamer (present)
hamerende (participle present)
gehamer (participle past)


mes

→ Zulu: umese

Fanagalo: mes (or directly)

From Dutch mes, from Middle Dutch mets, mes, contraction of *metses, from Old Dutch *metisas, *metsas, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“food knife”).


skip

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skip (plural skepe, diminutive skippie or skepie)

skepe (plural)
skippie (diminutive)
skepie (diminutive)

→ Northern Ndebele: isikepe

→ Shona: chikepe

→ Sotho: sekepe

→ Tsonga: xikepe

→ Xhosa: isikhephe

→ Zulu: isikebhe


bas

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


toepassing

toepassing (plural toepassings, diminutive toepassinkie)

toepassings (plural)
toepassinkie (diminutive)

Inherited from Dutch toepassing, equivalent to toepas + -ing.


aak

barge (type of ship that sails on rivers)


goud

af-adj

goud (attributive goue, comparative gouer, superlative goudste)

goue (attributive)
gouer (comparative)
goudste (superlative)


muis

From Dutch muis, from Middle Dutch muus, from Old Dutch *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs.

(computing) A mouse (input device to operate a computer).


bakkie

→ English: bakkie


patroon

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patroon (plural patrone, diminutive patroontjie)

patrone (plural)
patroontjie (diminutive)


aktinium

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


aanbieder

aanbieder (plural aanbieders, diminutive aanbiedertjie)

aanbieders (plural)
aanbiedertjie (diminutive)


vurk

→? Sotho: fereko

→ Xhosa: ifolokhwe

From Dutch vork, from Middle Dutch vorke, from Old Dutch furka, from Proto-West Germanic *furkō, from Latin furca.


viool

viool (plural viole, diminutive viooltjie)

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


broodrooster

broodrooster (plural broodroosters, diminutive broodroostertjie)

broodroosters (plural)
broodroostertjie (diminutive)

From Dutch broodrooster, equivalent to brood (“bread”) + rooster (“grill”).


kanaal

kanaal (plural kanale, diminutive kanaaltjie)

From Dutch kanaal, from Middle Dutch canael, from older canel, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“pipe, channel, canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).


weerstand

From Dutch weerstand, from older wederstand with syncope of intervocalic -d-, from Middle Dutch wederstant.

(electronics) resistor (electronic component)


lêer

lêer (plural lêers, diminutive lêertjie)

(computing) file (a collection of information that forms a unit and is stored together)


granaat

→ Xhosa: irharnate

From Dutch granaat, Middle Dutch garnate, grenate, from Old French grenat, from Latin pomus granatus (“seeded apple”).


uitvoer

(computing, data) output (of information, data, etc.)


aambeeld

aambeeld (plural aambeelde, diminutive aambeeldjie)

aambeelde (plural)
aambeeldjie (diminutive)

From Dutch aambeeld, from Middle Dutch aenbilt.


yster

From Dutch ijzer, from Middle Dutch iser, from Old Dutch *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).


xilofoon

xilofoon (plural xilofone, diminutive xilofoontjie)

xilofone (plural)
xilofoontjie (diminutive)


vragmotor

From vrag (“freight, cargo”) + motor (“car, automobile”).


swaard

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swaard (plural swaarde, diminutive swaardjie)


silwer

af-adj

silwer (attributive silwer, comparative silwerder, superlative silwerste)

silwer (attributive)
silwerder (comparative)
silwerste (superlative)

From Dutch zilver, from Old Dutch *silvar, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą.


boogskutter

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boogskutter (plural boogskutters, diminutive boogskuttertjie)

boogskutters (plural)
boogskuttertjie (diminutive)

/ˈbʊə̯χˌskœ.tər/

From Dutch boogschutter, equivalent to boogskut (“archery”) + -er.

archer; someone who shoots an arrow from a bow


boogskiet

From Dutch boogschieten, equivalent to boog (“bow”) + skiet (“shoot”).


alkalimetaal

Compound of alkali (“alkali”) + metaal (“metal”) or from Dutch alkalimetaal.


klavier

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


mikroskoop

From Dutch microscoop. Equivalent to mikro- + -skoop.


skêr

→ Fanagalo: sker

→ Kalanga: ikero

→ Sotho: sekere

→ Xhosa: isikere

→ Zulu: sikelo

From Dutch schaar, perhaps from the variant scheer, from Middle Dutch scare, schere, from Old Dutch *skāri.


kardoes

kardoes (plural kardoese, diminutive kardoesie)

kardoese (plural)
kardoesie (diminutive)

Inherited from Dutch kardoes (“blackpowder load”), from Middle French cartouche, Italian cartoccio, derived from Latin carta.


woonwa

caravan (vehicle with living space that is towed behind a car)


rugsak

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rugsak (plural rugsakke, diminutive rugsakkie)

rugsakke (plural)
rugsakkie (diminutive)

From Dutch rugzak, from German Rucksack, from Swiss Upper German.


bosbreker

bull bar (device fitted to the front of a vehicle to protect it against collisions with animals)


alkaliaardmetaal

Compound of alkali (“alkaline”) + aardmetaal (“earth metal”).

compound

alkaline earth metal
alkaline earth metal#English

(inorganic chemistry) alkaline earth metal; Synonym of aardalkalimetaal


alkali-aardmetaal

(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of alkaliaardmetaal


seldsameaard-metaal

(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of seldsameaardmetaal


seldsameaardmetaal

Compound of seldsame (“rare”) + aard (“earth”) + metaal.

rare earth element
rare earth element#English

rare earth metal
rare earth metal#English

(inorganic chemistry) rare earth element; rare earth metal


aardalkalimetaal

Compound of aardalkali (“alkaline earth”) + metaal.

(inorganic chemistry) alkaline earth metal


kosblik

Compound of kos (“food”) + blik (“tin”).

lunchbox (a container for transporting meals)


smeeblok

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smeeblok (plural smeeblokke, diminutive smeeblokkie)

smeeblokke (plural)
smeeblokkie (diminutive)


gehoorstuk

gehoorstuk (plural gehoorstukke, diminutive gehoorstukkie)

gehoorstukke (plural)
gehoorstukkie (diminutive)

Compound of gehoor (“hearing”) + stuk (“part”).


redaktrise

redaktrise (plural redaktrises, diminutive redaktrisetjie, masculine redakteur)

redaktrises (plural)
redaktrisetjie (diminutive)
redakteur (masculine)

Inherited from Dutch redactrice, from French rédactrice, equivalent to redigeer + -ise.


redakteur

redakteur (plural redakteurs or redakteure, diminutive redakteurtjie, feminine redaktrise)

redakteurs (plural)
redakteure (plural)
redakteurtjie (diminutive)
redaktrise (feminine)

Inherited from Dutch redacteur, from French rédacteur, equivalent to redigeer + -eur.


kossak

kossak (plural kossakke, diminutive kossakkie)

kossakke (plural)
kossakkie (diminutive)

food bag, lunch bag (a bag, pouch or similar item for transporting a meal)


pylstert

pylstert (plural pylsterte, diminutive pylstertjie)

pylsterte (plural)
pylstertjie (diminutive)

Inherited from Dutch pijlstaart, equivalent to pyl (“arrow”) + stert (“tail”).

a tail resembling an arrow or an arrowhead


pylstert

Compound of pyl (“arrow”) + stert (“tail”).

the tail or rear of an arrow, including nock and fletching


kunsmatige intelligensie

kunsmatige intelligensie (plural kunsmatige intelligensies)

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence


aanlynplatform

aanlynplatform (plural [please provide])


woefkardoes

woefkardoes (plural woefkardoese, diminutive woefkardoesie)

woefkardoese (plural)
woefkardoesie (diminutive)

From woef (“dog, doggy”) + kardoes (“brown bag”).


privaatboodskap

From privaat (“private”) + boodskap (“message”).


vriendelys

From vriende (“friends”) + lys (“list”).