pond

From Dutch pond, from Middle Dutch pont, pond, from Old Dutch punt, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), borrowed from Latin pondō.

Tot 1961, was die Suid-Afrikaanse pond onderverdeel in 20 sjielings.

Until 1961, the South African pound was subdivided into 20 shillings.


aam

Inherited from Dutch aam, from Middle Dutch ame, aem, from Latin ama, a variant of hama, from Ancient Greek ἄμη (ámē, “bucket”).

(historical) aam (a measure for liquids varying between regions, it was roughly 32 wine gallons in South Africa)

(historical, by extension) a barrel with the volume of one aam


aardvark

→ English: aardvark

From Dutch aardvarken, from aarde (“earth, soil”) + varken (“pig”).


abdomen

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abdomen (plural abdomina or abdomens, diminutive abdomentjie)

abdomina (plural)
abdomens (plural)
abdomentjie (diminutive)


ablaut

From Dutch ablaut, borrowed from German Ablaut, from ab- + Laut.


week

From Dutch week, from Middle Dutch weke, from Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Compare English week, West Frisian wike, German Woche.

der

Daar is sewe dae in die week.


lente

spring, the season between winter and summer


winter

From Dutch winter, from Middle Dutch winter, from Old Dutch winter, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.


robot

1997, Riana Scheepers, Dogters van Afrika. Verhale oor Suid-Afrikaanse Vroue, Tafelberg (publ.).
As die robotte na groen oorslaan, brul hulle en storm vorentoe.

When the traffic lights switch to green, they roar and storm forward.


hoed

From Dutch hoed, from Middle Dutch hoet, from Old Dutch *huot, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz.


lens

From Dutch lens, from Latin lēns (“lentil”).


wolf

From Dutch wolf, from Middle Dutch wolf, from Old Dutch *wulf, *wolf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.


letter

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letter (plural letters, diminutive lettertjie)

letters (plural)
lettertjie (diminutive)

From Dutch letter, from Middle Dutch lettere, from Old French lettre, from Latin littera.


beer

From Dutch beer, from Proto-Germanic *berô.


beer

From Dutch beer, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.


man

man (plural mans or manne, diminutive mannetjie)

mans (plural)
manne (plural)
mannetjie (diminutive)

From Dutch man, from Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”).


BTW

Initialism of belasting op toegevoegde waarde.; VAT, value-added tax


bot

From Dutch bot, from botte. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *buddǭ.


bot

From Dutch bot, from Middle Dutch bot. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *buttaz.


bank

From Dutch bank, from Middle Dutch banc, from Old Dutch *bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.


bank

From Dutch bank, from Middle Dutch banc, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

(games, gambling) bank, a player who controls a deposit in some card games or board games and in gambling


Belarus

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Belarus (plural Belarusse, diminutive Belarussie)

Belarusse (plural)
Belarussie (diminutive)

Borrowed from Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ).

bor+

Belarusian (person from Belarus or of Belarusian descent)


violet

From Dutch violet, borrowed from French violet, from Latin viola (“violet”).


see

From Dutch zee, from Middle Dutch sêe, from Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Laasweek het ons see toe gegaan.

Die trekvoëls vlieg oor die berge, oor die see, Lapland toe.
The migratory birds are flying over the mountains, over the sea, to Sápmi.


been

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been (plural bene or beendere, diminutive beentjie)

bene (plural)
beendere (plural)
beentjie (diminutive)

From Dutch been, from Middle Dutch bêen, from Old Dutch bēn, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

(in the diminutive) Synonym of ossikel (“ossicle”)


hand

From Dutch hand, from Middle Dutch hant, from Old Dutch hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.


tree

From Dutch tree, syncopic form of trede, from Middle Dutch trede. Equivalent to a deverbal from treden.

step (single act of placing the foot when walking)


stem

From Dutch stem, from Middle Dutch stemme, from Old Dutch *stemma, from Proto-Germanic *stebnō, *stamnijō.

Ruis die stem van ons geliefde, van ons land Suid-Afrika.

1921, “Die Stem van Suid-Afrika”, C.J. Langenhoven (lyrics), M.L. de Villiers (music), South Africa:

Rises the voice of our beloved, of our country South Africa.


as

From Dutch as, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ.


as

From Dutch as, from Proto-Germanic *ahsō.


boom

From Dutch boom, from Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch bōm, boum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.


Thai

Thai (person from Thailand or of Thai descent)


room

From Dutch room, from Middle Dutch rôme, from Old Dutch *rōm, from Proto-West Germanic *raum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz, , from Proto-Indo-European *réwgʰmn̥ (“cream”).


adel

From Dutch adel, from Middle Dutch adel, from Old Dutch *athal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalą.


haar

From Dutch haar, from Middle Dutch hâer, from Old Dutch hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą.


bad

From Dutch bad, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *baþą. The plural baddens was probably formed by analogy with beddens (“beds”). The expected form would have been *baaie, which is already the plural of baai (“bay”). Compare phonetically pad > paaie.


kind

From Dutch kind, from Middle Dutch kint, from Old Dutch kint, from Proto-Germanic *kindą (“offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁tóm.


bal

bal (plural balle, diminutive balletjie)

From Dutch bal, from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

A ball (spherical object, used as a toy).


bed

From Dutch bed, from Middle Dutch bedde, from Old Dutch bedde, from Proto-Germanic *badją.


vers

From Dutch vers, from Middle Dutch vers, from Old Dutch vers, from Latin versus.

A verse; a line, sentence or similarly short passage of a text, usually in prose.


slang

From Dutch slang (“snake, serpent”), from Middle Dutch slange (“snake, serpent”), from Old Dutch slango (“snake, serpent”), from Proto-Germanic *slangô (“snake, serpent”).

inh

1983, E. P. Groenewald et al. (translators), Bybel, Genesis 3:2

The woman answered the serpent: “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden.

Die vrou het die slang geantwoord: “Ons mag eet van die vrugte van die bome in die tuin."


polder

From Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra.

polder (land reclaimed from a body of water by means of dykes)


gans

→ Xhosa: urhanisi

→ Zulu: ihansi


Turk

Turk (person from Turkey or of Turkish descent)


sy

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.


sy

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Latin sēda.


tak

From Dutch tak (“branch, twig, offshoot”), from Middle Dutch tac (“pointy object, forked object”), from Old Dutch *takko (“pointy object”).


winkel

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winkel (plural winkels, diminutive winkeltjie)

winkels (plural)
winkeltjie (diminutive)

→ Sotho: leebenkele

→ Xhosa: ivenkile

From Dutch winkel, from Middle Dutch winkel (“corner”), from Old Dutch winkel, from Proto-Germanic *winkilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bend, bow, arch, curve”).


sweet

From Dutch zweet, from Middle Dutch sweet, from Old Dutch *sweit, *swēt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.

Daar was baie sweet op haar voorhoof.

There was a lot of sweat on her forehead.


arts

From Dutch arts, from Middle Dutch ersetere, arsete, from Old Dutch ercetere. Influenced by German Arzt. All borrowed from Medieval Latin arcīāter, from Late Latin archīāter, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιατρός (arkhiatrós).


er

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er (plural erre or ers, diminutive erretjie)

erre (plural)
ers (plural)
erretjie (diminutive)

The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.


drank

drank (plural dranke, diminutive drankie)


lied

lied (plural liedere, diminutive liedjie)


spelling

spelling (plural spellings or spellinge)

From Dutch spelling, from Middle Dutch spellinge. Equivalent to spel + -ing.


brief

From Dutch brief, from Middle Dutch brief, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Latin brevis.


sin

sin (plural sinne, diminutive sinnetjie)

From Dutch zin, from Middle Dutch sin, from Old Dutch sin, from Proto-West Germanic *sinn.


put

From Dutch put, from Middle Dutch put, from Old Dutch *putti, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus.


ring

From Dutch ring, from Middle Dutch rinc, from Old Dutch rinc, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.


sent

From Dutch cent, from English cent or French centime.


set

The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.


sweep

From Dutch zweep, from Middle Dutch swepe.


wind

From Dutch wind, from Middle Dutch wint, from Old Dutch wint, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).


by

From Dutch bij, from Middle Dutch bie, from Old Dutch *bīa.


vel

vel (plural velle, diminutive velletjie)

From Dutch vel, from Middle Dutch vel, from Old Dutch *fel, from Proto-Germanic *fellą, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-, *pelno-.

A membrane, e.g. forming on boiling milk.

A sheet (e.g. of paper; incorrectly used for a page).


bol

bol (plural bolle, diminutive bolletjie)

From Dutch bol, from Middle Dutch bol, bolle, from Old Dutch *bolla, from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“round object or vessel, ball, bowl”).


bieg

(religion) confession of sin to a priest


long

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long (plural longe, diminutive longetjie)

From Dutch long, from Middle Dutch longe, also longen, longene, from Old Dutch *lungan, *lunganna, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō.


sand

From Dutch zand, from Middle Dutch sant, from Old Dutch *sant, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.


lig

From Dutch licht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (noun) and *leuhtaz (adjective).

Blou lig het die kortste golflengte van die primêre kleure.

Blue light has the shortest wavelength among primary colours.


sog

From Dutch zog or zoog, dialectal variants of zeug, from Middle Dutch soge, suege, from Old Dutch *soga, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu.


klok

klok (plural klokke, diminutive klokkie)

From Dutch klok, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *klokka, from Old Irish clocc.


e

The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.


seep

→ Swazi: insipho

→ Xhosa: isepha

→ Zulu: insipho


kolonie

/kʊə̯ˈlʊə̯.ni/

From Dutch kolonie, from Latin colōnia (“colony”).


meer

From Dutch meer, from Middle Dutch mēre, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.


peer

From Dutch peer, from Middle Dutch pēre, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from Latin pirum.


anime

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.


party

From Dutch partij, from Middle Dutch partie, from Old French partie.

party (group, especially a political one)


plank

plank (plural planke, diminutive plankie)

From Dutch plank, from Middle Dutch planke, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Old Northern French planke, from Late Latin planca.


kin

From Dutch kin, from Middle Dutch kinne, from Old Dutch kinni, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus.


hoop

From Dutch hoop, from Middle Dutch hôop, from Old Dutch *hōp, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.


hoop

From Dutch hoop, from Middle Dutch hope, from Old Dutch *hopa.


teken

teken (plural tekens, diminutive tekentjie)

From Dutch teken, from Middle Dutch têken, teiken, from Old Dutch *tēkan, *teikan, from Proto-Germanic *taikną. Doublet of teiken (“target, goal”). Cognate with German Zeichen, English token.


raaf

From Dutch raaf, from Middle Dutch rāve, from older rāven by reanalysis, from Old Dutch ravan, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.


lekker

lekker (plural lekkers, diminutive lekkertjie)

lekkers (plural)
lekkertjie (diminutive)

From Dutch lekker, from Middle Dutch lecker, derived from the verb lekken (“lick”). Akin to German lecker.
The noun is a backformation from Dutch lekkers, which is a mass noun derived from the partitive form (as in iets lekkers). In Afrikaans it was reinterpreted as a plural.


trein

trein (plural treine, diminutive treintjie)

From Dutch trein, from Middle French train. Dutch borrowed the modern sense “train” from English train.


hart

From Dutch hart, from Middle Dutch herte, harte, from Old Dutch herta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.


naam

From Dutch naam, from Middle Dutch name, from Old Dutch namo, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.


luik

From Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke.


mond

From Dutch mond, from Middle Dutch mont, from Old Dutch mund, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz.


vliegtuig

vliegtuig (plural vliegtuie, diminutive vliegtuigie)

vliegtuie (plural)
vliegtuigie (diminutive)

From Dutch vliegtuig. Equivalent to vlieg + tuig.


bloed

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-?
Proto-Germanic *blōþą
Proto-West Germanic *blōd
Old Dutch bluot
Middle Dutch bloet
Dutch bloed
Afrikaans bloed
From Dutch bloed, from Middle Dutch bloet, from Old Dutch bluot, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.


wapen

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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.


ham

ham (plural hamme, diminutive hammetjie)

Inherited from Dutch ham, from Middle Dutch hamme, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *hammō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).

ham (cured pork from the thigh of a swine)


dame

dame (plural dames, diminutive dametjie)

From Dutch dame, from Middle Dutch dame, from Middle French dame, from Old French dame, from Latin domina.


boek

From Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buoc, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.


rook

Inherited from Dutch rook (“smoke”), from Middle Dutch rôoc, from Old Dutch *rōk, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz.


chaos

From Dutch chaos, from Middle Dutch caos, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).


appel

appel (plural appels, diminutive appeltjie)

→ Xhosa: i-apile

From Dutch appel, from Middle Dutch appel, from Old Dutch *appel, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.


steen

steen (plural stene, diminutive steentjie)

→ Sotho: setene

→ Southern Ndebele: isitina

→ Zulu: isitini

Fanagalo: stin

From Dutch steen, from Middle Dutch stêen, from Old Dutch stēn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.


dag

From Dutch dag (“day”), from Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”). Cognate with German Tag.


dam

From Dutch dam, from Middle Dutch dam, from Old Dutch dam, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.


dal

From Middle Dutch dal, from Old Dutch dal, from Proto-West Germanic *dal (“valley, dale”).


pers

From Dutch pers, from Middle Dutch perse.


dy

From Dutch dij, from Middle Dutch die, from Old Dutch *thio, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą.


es

From Dutch est, variant of eest, from Middle Dutch eeste (also este).


parlement

From Dutch parlement, from Middle Dutch parlement, from Old French parlement.


mus

From Dutch muts, from Middle Dutch mutse.


orgaan

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orgaan (plural organe, diminutive orgaantjie)

From Dutch orgaan, from Middle Dutch organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).


lief

From Dutch lief, from Middle Dutch lief, from Old Dutch *liof, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-.

one's beloved in a romantic relationship, i.e. a boyfriend or girlfriend


das

From Dutch das, from Middle Dutch das, from Old Dutch *thas, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.


restaurant

restaurant (plural restaurante or restaurants, diminutive restaurantjie)

restaurante (plural)
restaurants (plural)
restaurantjie (diminutive)

From Dutch restaurant, from French restaurant.


ons

From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch unce, from Latin uncia.


koper

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


papier

papier (plural papiere, diminutive papiertjie)

papiere (plural)
papiertjie (diminutive)

→ Kwanyama: ombapila


Israeli

Israeli (plural Israeli's, diminutive Israeli'tjie)

Israeli's (plural)
Israeli'tjie (diminutive)

Israeli (person from Israel or of Israeli descent)


sel

From Dutch cel, from Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

cell (small room, especially in a jail or prison)


enkel

enkel (plural enkels, diminutive enkeltjie)

From Dutch enkel, from Middle Dutch enkel, ankel, from Old Dutch *enkal, *ankal, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.


Liechtensteiner

Liechtensteiner (plural Liechtensteiners, diminutive Liechtensteinertjie)

Liechtensteiners (plural)
Liechtensteinertjie (diminutive)

Liechtensteiner (a person from Liechtenstein or of Liechtenstein descent)


brood

From Dutch brood, from Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *brōt, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.


Somali

Synonym of Somaliër (“Somali, person from Somalia”)


kim

From Dutch kim, from Middle Dutch kimme.


land

From Dutch land, from Old Dutch lant, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).


lip

From Dutch lip, from Middle Dutch leppe, with influence of Middle Low German lippe, from Old Dutch leppa, from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō.

Die slang het in my lip gebyt!


dassie

→ English: dassie

das + -ie.
diminutive of das (“badger; hyrax”).


dons

From Dutch dons, from Middle Dutch donst.

Down, small bird feathers used as insulation material.


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.

a hammer in the firing mechanism of a firearm

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

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

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


mug

→ English: muggie

From Dutch mug, from Middle Dutch mugge.

(chiefly diminutive) mosquito (insect, elongated fly)


aal

From Dutch aal, from Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Ale het wye koppe.

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blad

blad (plural blaaie, diminutive blaadjie)


saal

From Dutch zaal, from Middle Dutch sale, from Old Dutch sala.

Die museum beskik oor drie sale.


saal

From dialectal Dutch zaal, from zadel with loss of intervocalic -d-, from Middle Dutch sadel, from Old Dutch *sadul, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz.

Baie ou volke het geen saals gebruik nie.

Many ancient peoples did not use saddles.


berg

→ English: berg


kleur

kleur (plural kleure, diminutive kleurtjie)

From Dutch kleur, from late Middle Dutch coleur, from French couleur, from Latin color.


wag

From Dutch wacht, from Middle Dutch wachte, from Old Dutch wahta (“watch, sentry, guard”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“watch, vigil”).


rand

From Dutch rand, from Middle Dutch rant, from Old Dutch *rant, from Proto-Germanic *randaz.


vy

Backformation from vye, plural of vyg, from Dutch vijg.


beet

From Dutch beet, variant of biet, from Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.


vos

Inherited from Dutch vos, from Middle Dutch vos, from Old Dutch fus, vus, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.


leer

From Dutch leer, from Middle Dutch lêre, from Old Dutch lēra, from Proto-Germanic *laizō.


leer

From Dutch leer, from older leder, from Middle Dutch lēder, from Old Dutch *lether, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą.


leer

→ Sotho: lere

→ Xhosa: ileli

From Dutch leer (dialectal synonym of ladder), from Middle Dutch leer.


trap

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trap (plural trappe, diminutive trappie)


tor

From Dutch tor, from Middle Dutch torre. Compare the probably cognate Germanic etymology of English dor.


ken

From Dutch kin, from Middle Dutch kinne, from Old Dutch kinni, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus.


bom

bom (plural bomme, diminutive bommetjie)

(figurative) bombshell (something sensational, amazing or controversial)


bok

→ Xhosa: ibhokhwe

From Dutch bok (“buck, male goat”), from Middle Dutch boc, from Old Dutch buc, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.


mos

From Dutch mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą.


mos

must (unfermented or partially fermented grape juice)


bos

Inherited from Dutch bos, from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

etymon

Hy het vir my 'n bossie blomme gegee.


reus

From Dutch reus, from Middle Dutch ruese, from Old Dutch *riso, *risi, from Proto-Germanic *risiz (“giant”).


tik

(Cape Afrikaans, uncountable) crystal meth


mik

Die pophuis in die een hoek was LizeMari se geskenk op haar sesde verjaarsdag, en die boomhuis in die groot mik van die akkerboom het hy vir hulle gebou toe Kara hoërskool toe is.

2016, Alma Carstens, Ver anderkant Wiesenhof:

Sy, wat 'n paar uur tevore in die nag nog met 'n gulsige, nat mond oor haar bene en tot in haar mik gesoen het.

1997, Johann de Lange, editor, Soort soek soort. 'n Versameling alternatiewe ervarings, page 127:


weg

From Dutch weg, from Middle Dutch wech, from Old Dutch weh, weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.


riet

From Dutch riet, from Middle Dutch riet, from Old Dutch riet, ried, *riod, from Proto-West Germanic *hreud (“reed”).


neus

From Dutch neus, from Middle Dutch nose, nuese, from Old Dutch *nosa, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu.


haas

From Dutch haas, from Middle Dutch hāse, from Old Dutch *haso, from Proto-Germanic *hasô.


eend

From Dutch eend, from Middle Dutch ent, eent, from Old Dutch ened, from Proto-Germanic *anadz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂t-.


kom

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kom (plural komme, diminutive kommetjie)

→ Swazi: inkomishi

→ Zulu: inkomishi

Fanagalo: lo kom

From Dutch kom, from Middle Dutch comme.


oom

From Dutch oom, from Middle Dutch oom, from Old Dutch *ōm, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”).


oor

From Dutch oor (“ear”), from Middle Dutch ore, from Old Dutch ōra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.


oog

From Dutch oog, from Middle Dutch oge, from Old Dutch ōga, ouga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).


voor

From Dutch voor, from Proto-Germanic *furhs.


boor

From Dutch boor, from Middle Dutch bore.


kaas

→ Sotho: kase

→ Tswana: kase

From Dutch kaas, from Middle Dutch câse, from Old Dutch *kāsi, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus.


baas

→ English: baas

Inherited from Dutch baas (“boss”), from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô.


jas

→ Lozi: jansi

→ Yeyi: újànsí

→ Southern Ndebele: ijasi

→ Swazi: lijazi

→ Xhosa: idyasi

→ Zulu: ijazi


adder

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adder (plural adders, diminutive addertjie)

From Dutch adder, from Middle Dutch adder, adre, misdivison of nadder, nadre, from Old Dutch *nadra, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ.


meerkat

desctree

→ English: meerkat, meercat, mierkat
→ Japanese: ミーアキャット (mīakyatto)
→ Korean: 미어캣 (mieokaet)
→ Thai: เมียร์แคต (miia-kɛ́t)

From Dutch meerkat (“guenon”), from Middle Dutch meercatte.


film

From Dutch film, from English film, or borrowed from English film.


tee

From Dutch thee (in the past commonly spelled tee).

Kom ons gaan drink tee.


massa

From Dutch massa, from Middle Dutch masse, from Old French masse, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza).


Duitser

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Duitser (plural Duitsers, diminutive Duitsertjie)

Duitsers (plural)
Duitsertjie (diminutive)

From Dutch Duitser, equivalent to Duits + -er.

German (person from Germay or of German descent)


Griek

Griek (plural Grieke, diminutive Griekie)

Greek (person from Greece or of Greek descent)


deur

deur (plural deure, diminutive deurtjie)

From Dutch deur, from Middle Dutch dōre, duere, from Old Dutch duri, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-.


bier

bier (plural biere, diminutive biertjie)

From Dutch bier, from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross”).

beer (alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material)


stuk

stuk (plural stukke, diminutive stukkie)


lok

From Dutch lok, from Middle Dutch locke.


aarde

aarde (plural aardes, diminutive aardetjie)

From Dutch aarde, from Middle Dutch āerde, from Old Dutch ertha, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.

Die sterre van sij stelsel het miskien ook eenmaal gebrand en hulle eie lig uitgegee, maar vandag is hulle morsdood en koud, net soos ons ou aarde.

1917, Christiaan Louis Leipoldt, Praatjies met die Kinders, page 115:

The stars of its system have perhaps once burned and emitted their own light as well, but today they are stone-dead and cold, just like our old Earth.

Koning Leeu belê 'n groot bosberaad, en hulle besluit eenparig om al die riviere op te dam sodat die water oor die aarde stoot en die ganse mensgeslag verdrink.

1990, Tydskrif vir volkskunde en volkstaal, page 6:

King Lion convokes a large forest council, and they decide unanimously to dam all the rivers so that the water crashes over the Earth and the entire human race drowns.

Veral in die dae van Mundt, die vooruitstrewende boer wat twee tuiniers uit Duitsland ingevoer het, is die vrugteboord oor 'n groot lap aarde uitgebrei.

1976, Tydskrif vir volkskunde en volkstaal, volume 32, page 11:

In the days of Mundt in particular, that forward-thinking farmer who brought two market-gardeners from Germany over, the orchard expanded over a large tract of ground.


dier

From Dutch dier, from Middle Dutch dier, from Old Dutch *dior, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.


tier

From a dialectal form or pronunciation of Dutch tijger, from Middle Dutch tiger.


hobo

hobo (plural hobo's, diminutive hobootjie)


pap

→ Sotho: papa

→ Zulu: í-pápa

From Dutch pap, from Middle Dutch pappe.


outa

Said to be a blend of Afrikaans oud (“old”) and Sotho ntate (“father”).


wonder

wonder (plural wondere or wonders, diminutive wondertjie)

wondere (plural)
wonders (plural)
wondertjie (diminutive)


tong

From Dutch tong, from Middle Dutch tonge, from Old Dutch tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.


rok

→ Sotho: roko

→ Xhosa: ilokhwe

From Dutch rok, from Middle Dutch roc, from Old Dutch rok, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.


patron

(uncommon) patron; wealthy person who supports an artist, craftsman, a scholar, etc.

(uncommon, Roman Catholicism) patron saint


seis

From Dutch zeis, from Middle Dutch seise, from older seisene, from Proto-West Germanic *segisnu.


hol

hol (plural holle, diminutive holletjie)

From Dutch hol, from Middle Dutch hol, from Old Dutch *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą.


kamer

kamer (plural kamers, diminutive kamertjie)

From Dutch kamer, from Middle Dutch cāmere (“room, barn, house”), from Old Dutch *kamara, from Latin camera (“room, vault”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”).


golem

bor

גולם \ גֹּלֶם

(mythology) golem; a creature made from mud and clay and brought to life through magic


solder

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solder (plural solders, diminutive soldertjie)

solders (plural)
soldertjie (diminutive)

From Dutch zolder, from Middle Dutch solre, solder, from Old Dutch *solari, *soleri, from Latin sōlārium.


limousine

Borrowed from French limousine or English limousine.


brand

brand (plural brande, diminutive brandjie)

From Dutch brand, from Middle Dutch brant, from Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Daar was 'n vreeslike brand in die wildtuin.

There was a horrible fire in the nature reserve.

destructive, catastrophic fire (such as a house fire)


les

Inherited from Dutch les (“lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.


lis

From Dutch list, from Middle Dutch list, from Old Dutch list, from Proto-Germanic *listiz.


park

From Dutch park, from Middle Dutch parc, from Old Dutch *parruk, from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“enclosure, fence”).


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”).


formule

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formule (plural formules, diminutive formuletjie)

formules (plural)
formuletjie (diminutive)

From Dutch formule, from Middle French formule, from Latin fōrmula.


mag

From Dutch macht, from Middle Dutch macht, from Old Dutch *maht, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis.


sebra

From Dutch zebra, from Portuguese zebra, from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, ezebra, azebra (“wild ass”), from earlier cebrario (882), ezebrario (897), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”).


kamera

From Dutch camera, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera.


hoof

From Dutch hoofd, Middle Dutch hovet, from Old Dutch hōvit, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą. Doublet of sjef.


mier

From Dutch mier, from Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.


reis

From Dutch reis, from Middle Dutch rêse, reise, from Old Dutch *rēsa, from Proto-West Germanic *raisu.


klipspringer

→ English: klipspringer

From Dutch klipspringer. By surface analysis, klip (“rock”) + springer (“jumper”).


springbok

→ English: springbok

From Dutch springbok, equivalent to spring + bok.


keel

From Dutch keel, from Middle Dutch kēle, from Old Dutch kela, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ.


biltong

→ English: biltong

→ Dutch: biltong

→ German: Biltong

From bil (“hindquarter”) + tong (“tongue”).


bandana

From English bandana, borrowed from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”).


snorkel

Borrowed from English snorkel, from German Schnorchel.

A snorkel (swimming gear, breathing tube).


kuit

From Dutch kuit, from Middle Dutch cute.

(countable) calf (back of the lower leg)

(uncountable) roe, spawn, milt (fish eggs)


strand

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strand (plural strande, diminutive strandjie)

From Dutch strand, from Middle Dutch strant.


reg

From Dutch recht, from Middle Dutch recht, from Old Dutch reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (adjective) and *rehtą (noun), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.


lei

From Dutch lei, from Middle Dutch leye, probably from Celtic and ultimately from a substrate language.


hemp

→ Fanagalo: hemp

→ Northern Sotho: hempe

→ Phuthi: ihhempe

→ Shona: hembe

→ Sotho: hempe

→ Southern Ndebele: irhembe

→ Tswana: hêmpê

→ Venda: hemmbe

→ Xhosa: ihempe

→ Zulu: ihembe

From Dutch hemd (“shirt”), from Middle Dutch hemde, hemede, from Old Dutch *hemithi, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją. Cognate with German Hemd, Yiddish העמד (hemd).

Hy was haar hemp terwyl hy saggies fluit.

He is washing her shirt while he's whistling softly.


kloof

From Dutch kloof, from Middle Dutch clove.


amp

From Dutch ambt, from Middle Dutch ampt, from Middle High German ambet, ambt (whence modern German Amt), from Old High German ambahti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos.

An official position, a function, an office, a post.


eland

→ English: eland

From Dutch eland (“elk, moose; eland”), from Middle Dutch elant (“elk, moose”), from obsolete German elen, elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old High German elent.

common eland, eland antilope, Taurotragus oryx


emmer

emmer (plural emmers, diminutive emmertjie)

→ Fwe: mà-hèmêrè (via Lozi)

→ Xhosa: i-emele

→ Yeyi: ìhèmérè

From Dutch emmer, from Middle Dutch ember, from Old Dutch ēmer, from Proto-West Germanic *ambrī.


pas

die paswette tydens die apartheidsjare

the pass laws during the years of apartheid


pion

pion (plural pionne, diminutive pionnetjie)

From Dutch pion, from French pion, from Middle French pion, from Old French peon, from Late Latin pedō.

(chess) pawn; least valuable piece in chess

a pawn; a person who has no control over their lot, usually manipulated by others to some end


pomp

→ Kwanyama: opomba

From Dutch pomp, from Middle Dutch pompe.


sop

From Dutch sop, from Middle Dutch sop (“soup”), from Old Dutch *sop, from Proto-Germanic *suppą.


tog

From Dutch tocht, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tuhtiz.


vis

From Dutch vis, from Middle Dutch visch, from Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Ons gaan die vis vang

1998, Trompies (lyrics and music), “Kom Push”, in Shosholoza:

(collective) fish (multiple fish collectively)


gang

From Dutch gang, from Middle Dutch ganc, from Old Dutch gank, gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.


geld

→ Sotho: tjhelete

→ Venda: tshelede

From Dutch geld (“money”), from Middle Dutch gelt, from Old Dutch geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą, cognate with German Geld (“money”), Old Norse gjald (“payment”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 (gild, “tribute”).


lap

From Dutch lap, from Middle Dutch lap, from Old Dutch lap.


nag

From Dutch nacht (“night”), from Middle Dutch nacht, from Old Dutch naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

The period between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark; night.


ree

From Dutch ree, from Middle Dutch ree, from Old Dutch rēa.


aap

From Dutch aap, from Middle Dutch āpe, from Old Dutch *apo, from Proto-Germanic *apô.


pil

pil (plural pille, diminutive pilletjie)

From Dutch pil, from Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).


burger

'n Persoon is gewoonlik 'n burger van die land waarin hy of sy gebore is.

A person is usually a citizen of the country in which he or she was born.


burger

Borrowed from English burger, shortening of hamburger.


begrip

From Dutch begrip, from Middle Dutch begrip, from Old Dutch *bigrip.


Sondag

→ Fwe: n-súndà

→ Shona: svondo

→ Sotho: Sontaha

→ Swazi: li-Sontfo

→ Venda: Swondaha

→ Xhosa: isonto

→ Zulu: iSonto


staal

→ Xhosa: isitali

From Dutch staal, from Middle Dutch stael, from Old Dutch stāl, from earlier *stahal, from Proto-Germanic *stahlą.

steel (alloy of iron and other elements, often carbon)


suiker

→ Sotho: tswekere

→ Xhosa: iswekile

→ Venda: swigiri

From Dutch suiker, from Middle Dutch suicker, suker, a borrowing from Old French çucre (circa 13th cent), from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”).


voedsel

From Dutch voedsel, from Middle Dutch voetsel. Equivalent to voed + -sel.


kat

→ Xhosa: ikati

→ Zulu: ikati


gat

From Dutch gat (“hole, gap; arse”), from Middle Dutch gat, from Old Dutch *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą.

Hy't 'n gat in sy opvoeding.

hole or hollowed out area used as a shelter or home by animals

Jinne! Jy bly in 'n gat!

(figuratively) dump; a run-down living space, room or house


gat

Sit op jou gat!

(crude) rump; buttocks; bum; ass; backside of a human

Die olifant staan met sy gat na ons toe.

The elephant is standing with his backside turned to us.


dood

From Dutch dood, from Middle Dutch dôot, from Old Dutch dōth, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz.

the dead; something that is no longer alive


gorilla

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gorilla (plural gorillas, diminutive gorillatjie)

gorillas (plural)
gorillatjie (diminutive)

Borrowed from Dutch gorilla or English gorilla.


apartheid

From Dutch apartheid, equivalent to apart (“separate, apart”) + -heid (“-ness, -hood”).


motor

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motor (plural motors, diminutive motortjie)

Borrowed from English motor, compare motor car, from Latin mōtor.


skim

From Dutch schim, from Middle Dutch schim, schem, from Old Dutch *skim, *skimo, from Proto-Germanic *skimaz, *skimô (“shine; light”).


walrus

From Dutch walrus, probably from Danish hvalros or Swedish valross, from an inversion of Old Norse hrosshvalr (“horse-whale”).

Odobenus rosmarus
Odobenus rosmarus#Translingual


stad

From Dutch stad, from Middle Dutch stat, from Old Dutch stad, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.

Ons gaan nou stad toe.


mis

From Dutch mist, from Middle Dutch mist, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.


mis

From Dutch mist, dialectal byform of mest, from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz.

Sy sê baie spore, baie mis, maar nog nie eintlik baie olifante nie.

2003, Dalene Matthee, Toorbos, Tafelberg, pages 47–48:

She said a lot of tracks, a lot of dung, but not yet really many elephants.


mis

From Dutch mis, from Middle Dutch misse, from Latin missa.


bors

From Dutch borst, from Middle Dutch borst, from Old Dutch brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell, blow, inflate”).


mens

From Dutch mens, from Middle Dutch mensche, from Old Dutch mennisko, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz.


lamp

From Dutch lamp, from Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).


murg

From Dutch merg, from Middle Dutch march, from Old Dutch *marg, *merg, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European *mozgos, *mosgʰos.


slurp

Hy hou hom koel deur sy ore ritmies te waai terwyl hy sy slurp spelerig heen en weer swaai.

2007, Marthinus Christoffel Botha, Ons en die maan. Natuurroman, Protea Boekhuis,, →ISBN, page 186:

He keeps himself cool by rhythmically waving his ears while he playfully swings his trunk back and forth.

trunk (extended nasal organ of an elephant)


spook

→ Northern Ndebele: isipoko

→ Xhosa: isiporho

→ Zulu: isipoki

From Dutch spook, from Middle Dutch spoke, spooc, from Proto-Germanic *spōk.


veld

→ English: veld

From Dutch veld, from Middle Dutch velt, from Old Dutch felt, from Proto-Germanic *felþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-.

A patch or grass and/or other small plants

The veld, the open grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries


braai

→ Dutch: braai

→ English: braai

From Dutch braden, from Middle Dutch brâden, from Old Dutch brādan, from Proto-Germanic *brēdaną.

a barbecue (especially South African barbecue)

an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing

Nou gaan ons braai!
Now we braai!

a social meeting, including the braaing of meat


kraal

From Dutch kraal, from Portuguese curral.

A kraal, corral: enclosure for livestock


dorp

→ Fanagalo: dorop

→ Sotho: toropo

→ Tswana: toropo

→ Venda: ḓorobo

→ Xhosa: idolophu

→ Zulu: idolobha

From Dutch dorp, from Middle Dutch dorp, from Old Dutch thorp, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą.


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


gal

From Dutch gal. Cognate to English gall.


bas

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


bas

From Dutch bast, from Middle Dutch bast, from Old Dutch *bast, from Proto-West Germanic *bast, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz.


toon

From Dutch toon, dialectal form of teen, from Middle Dutch têe, from Old Dutch *tēa, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ. The vocalism -oo- is also present in some Dutch dialects in Utrecht and Holland, but seems unclear. The -n was originally a plural ending that was reanalysed as a singular form.


toon

From Dutch toon, ultimately from Latin tonus.


tuin

tuin (plural tuine, diminutive tuintjie)

From Dutch tuin, from Middle Dutch tuun, from Old Dutch tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom.


adres

adres (plural adresse, diminutive adressie)

From Dutch adres, from Middle French adresse.

address, direction (street name where someone lives or works, or post office box where a person can be reached; indication of place of residence or stay; location of someone's home)


glas

Inherited from Dutch glas, from Middle Dutch glas, from Old Dutch glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).


karate

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī).


sonde

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sonde (plural sondes, diminutive sondetjie)


snert

Jy praat snert!


Brit

Brit (plural Britte, diminutive Britjie)

Briton, Brit (person from the United Kingdom or of British descent)


loop

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

(informal) business end (of a rifle, etc.)

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


rib

rib (plural ribbe, diminutive ribbetjie)

From Dutch rib, from Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.


aambei

From Dutch aambei, from Middle Dutch aenbey.


dors

From Dutch dorst, from Middle Dutch dorst, from Old Dutch thurst, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz.


salamander

From Dutch salamander, from Middle Dutch salamander, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).

salamander, amphibian of the order Caudata


diamant

diamant (plural diamante, diminutive diamantjie)

diamante (plural)
diamantjie (diminutive)

From Dutch diamant, from Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas. Doublet of daaiman.


huis

From Dutch huis, from Middle Dutch huus, from Old Dutch hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.


aartappel

aartappel (plural aartappels, diminutive aartappeltjie)

aartappels (plural)
aartappeltjie (diminutive)

From Dutch aardappel, from Middle Dutch *āerdappel (“cucumber, pumpkin”).


taal

From Dutch taal, from Middle Dutch tale, from Old Dutch *tala, from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō.


sending

From Dutch zending, from Middle Dutch sendinge. Equivalent to send + -ing.


danser

From Dutch danser, from Middle Dutch danser. Equivalent to dans + -er.


vader

From Dutch vader, from Middle Dutch vader, from Old Dutch fadar, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Lukas is jou vader.


Afrikaner

→ English: Afrikaner

→ Portuguese: africâner


Est

Estonian (person from Estonia or of Estonian descent)


Fin

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Fin (plural Finne, diminutive Finnetjie)

Finn (person from Finland or of Finnish descent)


KI

kunsmatige intelligensie
kunsmatige intelligensie#Afrikaans


Pool

Pole (person from Poland or of Polish descent)


plato

From Dutch plateau or borrowed from English plateau, both from French plateau.


nartjie

nartjie (plural nartjies, diminutive nartjietjie)

nartjies (plural)
nartjietjie (diminutive)

Perhaps borrowed from Tamil நாரத்தை (nārattai, “citron”).


tafel

→ Kwanyama: oshitafula

→ Phuthi: itafule

→ Sotho: tafole

→ Xhosa: itafile

→ Zulu: itafula

Fanagalo: taful

From Dutch tafel, from Middle Dutch tâfele, from Old Dutch tavala, from Latin tabula (“board”).


jogurt

jogurt (plural jogurts, diminutive jogurtjie)

From Dutch yoghurt, from Turkish yoğurt.


graf

From Dutch graf and graft (see the plural).


kors

From Dutch korst, from Middle Dutch corste, from Latin crusta.


fees

Dit was 'n fees om jou te hoor speel.


stigting

stigting (plural stigtings or stigtinge (dated))

stigtings (plural)
stigtinge (dated plural)

From Dutch stichting. Equivalent to stig + -ing.


ot

Moenie vreet nes 'n otjie in 'n restourant nie!


verlies

From Dutch verlies, from Middle Dutch verlies, from verliesen.


grot

grot (plural grotte, diminutive grotjie)

From Dutch grot, either directly from Italian grotta or indirectly via French grotte, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós).

Kuiergaste mag die grot net met 'n gids binnegaan.

Tourists may enter the cave only with a guide.


voorbeeld

From Dutch voorbeeld. Equivalent to voor + beeld.


foon

Borrowed from English phone. Equivalent to a clipping of telefoon.

(chiefly in the singular) A telephone, a phone.


sok

From Dutch sok, from Middle Dutch socke, from Latin soccus, from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos).


Belg

Belgian (person from Belgium or of Belgian descent)


Boer

→ English: Boer

From boer or from South African Dutch Boer.

A Boer; an Afrikaner, especially an inhabitant or descendant of the white inhabitants of the Boer republics.


boer

boer (plural boere, diminutive boertjie)

→ English: Boer

(chess) A pawn; least valuable piece in chess.


rug

rug (plural rûe or rûens, diminutive ruggie)

rûe (plural)
rûens (plural)
ruggie (diminutive)

(plural chiefly rûe) back (rear of the body)


plafon

From Dutch plafond, from French plafond.


fundi

From a Nguni language; compare Zulu umfundisi (“teacher”).


sus

From Dutch zus, shortening of zuster. Equivalent to a shortening of suster.


donga

→ English: donga

→ German: Donga


kaap

Kaap die Goeie Hoop


olifant

From Dutch olifant, from Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).


gebed

gebed (plural gebede, diminutive gebedjie)

From Dutch gebed, from Middle Dutch gebet, from Old Dutch gebet, from Proto-West Germanic *gabed.


mantel

mantel (plural mantels, diminutive manteltjie)

mantels (plural)
manteltjie (diminutive)

From Dutch mantel, from Middle Dutch mantel, from Latin mantēllum.


nes

From Dutch nest, from Middle Dutch nest, from Old Dutch nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

nest, structure made out of twigs, mud, grass, etc.

nest; a group of animals or insects that live together within a nest

home or house, usually untidy or cluttered


foto

foto (plural foto's, diminutive foto'tjie)

/ˈfʊə̯.tʊə̯/


sjokolade

/ˌʃʊə̯.kʊə̯ˈlɑː.də/

From Dutch chocolade, from Spanish chocolate, from Nahuatl [Term?], though it is not clear from which word precisely. See chocolate for more.


lat

From Dutch lat, from Middle Dutch latte, from Old Dutch *latta, from Proto-Germanic *lattō, *laþþō.


loon

From Dutch loon, from Middle Dutch loon, from Old Dutch lōn.


daglig

From Dutch daglicht. Equivalent to dag + lig.


kop

→ English: kop

From Dutch kop, from Middle Dutch cop, probably from Late Latin cuppa.


toepassing

toepassing (plural toepassings, diminutive toepassinkie)

toepassings (plural)
toepassinkie (diminutive)

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

application, act of applying knowledge or a skill

purpose, use, the act of applying as a means to an end


poes

→ English: poes

(derogatory, slang) A cunt; douche; a contemptible person.


koei

From Dutch koe (back-formed from the plural koeien), from Middle Dutch coe, kuo, from Old Dutch kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō.


katipo

katipo (plural katipo's, diminutive katipo'tjie)

katipo's (plural)
katipo'tjie (diminutive)

katipo; a venomous spider endemic to New Zealand


moeras

From Dutch moeras, from an alteration (by assimilation to moer (“moor”)) of Middle Dutch marasch, from Old French mareis (“marsh”).


portret

portret (plural portrette, diminutive portretjie)

portrette (plural)
portretjie (diminutive)

From Dutch portret, from Middle French portrait, from Old French [Term?].


beeld

From Middle Dutch bēelde, from Old Dutch bilithe, bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþī (“picture, image”).


piel

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piel (plural piele, diminutive pieletjie)


oorlog

oorlog (plural oorloë, diminutive oorloggie)


pels

From Dutch pels, from Middle Dutch pelse, from Latin pellicia.


mas

From Dutch mast, from Middle Dutch mast, from Old Dutch *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz.

mast (pole on a ship, for holding sails)


eiland

eiland (plural eilande, diminutive eilandjie)

From Dutch eiland, from Middle Dutch eilant, from Old Dutch *eilant, from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą.


aanbod

aanbod (plural aandbiedinge or aandbiedings, diminutive aanbiedinkie)

aandbiedinge (plural)
aandbiedings (plural)
aanbiedinkie (diminutive)


tante

tante (plural tantes, diminutive tannie or tantetjie)

tantes (plural)
tannie (diminutive)
tantetjie (diminutive)


edik

edik (plural edikte, diminutive ediktjie)


eik

From Dutch eik, from Middle Dutch eike, from Old Dutch *eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

oak tree, any tree of the genus Quercus.


skuld

→ Sotho: sekoloto

→ Tswana: sekoloto

→ Zulu: isikweletu

From Dutch schuld, from Middle Dutch schult, from Old Dutch *skult, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz.


koffie

koffie (plural koffies, diminutive koffietje)

→ Xhosa: ikofu

→ Tswana: kôšwi

Inherited from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”).


vertaling

vertaling (plural vertalings or vertalinge (dated))

vertalings (plural)
vertalinge (dated plural)

From Dutch vertaling. Equivalent to vertaal + -ing.


ensiklopedie

From Dutch encyclopedie, from French encyclopédie, from Middle French [Term?], from New Latin encyclopaedīa, from a univerbated form of Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “child-rearing, education”).

der

ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ


ding

From Dutch ding, from Old Dutch thinc, from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Dinge raak warm, warm.

2016, “Dinge Raak Warm”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?, performed by Kurt Darren, South Africa:


anker

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anker (plural ankers, diminutive ankertjie)

From Dutch anker, from Middle Dutch anker, from Old Dutch *anker, from Latin anchora.


kendo

Borrowed from Japanese 剣道 (kendō, “the way of the sword”), from Middle Chinese 劍 (kjæ̀m, “sword”) + 道 (dáu, “way”).


kool

From Dutch kool, from Middle Dutch col, cole, from Old Dutch *kōl, *kōla, from Latin caulis.


kool

From Dutch kool, from Middle Dutch cole, from Old Dutch *kol, *kolo, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).


mening

From Dutch mening, from Middle Dutch mêninge. Equivalent to meen (“to mean, to suppose”) + -ing (“-ion”).


hongersnood

/ˈɦɔ.ŋərsˌnʊə̯t/

From Dutch hongersnood. Equivalent to honger (“hunger”) + -s- + nood (“emergency”).


maar

From Dutch maar, from Middle Dutch maer.

Dis 'n groot maar, behalwe as ons voldoende voorberei.

It's a big but, except if we prepare adequately.


aak

barge (type of ship that sails on rivers)


aalmoes

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aalmoes (plural aalmoese, diminutive aalmoesie)

aalmoese (plural)
aalmoesie (diminutive)

From Dutch aalmoes, from Middle Dutch aelmoesene, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *alimosina, from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē).


vuur

From Dutch vuur, from Middle Dutch vuur, from Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.


werk

From Dutch werk, from Old Dutch *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.


woord

From Dutch woord, from Middle Dutch wort, from Old Dutch wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om.


wolk

From Dutch wolk, from Middle Dutch wolke, from Old Dutch wulko, from Proto-Germanic *wulkô.


antwoord

From Dutch antwoord (noun) and antwoorden (verb).


broer

broer (plural broers, diminutive broertjie)

From Dutch broer, alternative form of broeder. Doublet of pêl.


brug

From Dutch brug, from Middle Dutch brugge, from Old Dutch *brugga, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

bridge, a structure used to cross a gap or a body of water


belofte

From Dutch belofte, from Middle Dutch belofte.


bodem

bodem (plural bodems, diminutive bodempie)

From Dutch bodem, from Middle Dutch bodem, from Old Dutch *bodom, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz.


dak

From Dutch dak, from Old Dutch *thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.


doos

→ English: doos

From Dutch doos (“box, vagina, stupid female”), from Middle Dutch dose.

inh

(derogatory, slang) idiot, stupid person


groente

From Dutch groente. Equivalent to groen + -te.


hoek

From Dutch hoek, from Middle Dutch hoec, huoc, from Old Dutch *huok, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).


deksel

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deksel (plural deksels, diminutive dekseltjie)

deksels (plural)
dekseltjie (diminutive)

→ Yeyi: ìdékìsèrè

From Dutch deksel. Equivalent to dek + -sel.


goud

From Dutch goud, from Middle Dutch gout, from Old Dutch golt, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.


honger

From Dutch honger, from Middle Dutch honger, from Old Dutch hunger, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz.


hemel

From Dutch hemel, from Middle Dutch hēmel, from Old Dutch himil, himel, from Proto-West Germanic *himil.


jaar

From Dutch jaar, from Middle Dutch jâer, from Old Dutch jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-.


buurman

buurman (plural buurmanne, feminine buurvrou)

From Dutch buurman. Compound of buur + man.


donker

From Dutch donker, from Middle Dutch donker, dunker, from Old Dutch *dunkal, from Proto-Germanic *dunkalaz, *dunkaraz.

(with definite article) darkness, the dark


druk

druk (plural drukke, diminutive drukkie)


kasteel

kasteel (plural kastele, diminutive kasteeltjie)

kastele (plural)
kasteeltjie (diminutive)

From Dutch kasteel, from Middle Dutch castēel, from Old Northern French castel, from Latin castellum.


kantoor

From Dutch kantoor, from Middle Dutch cantoor, from Old French comtoir.


koning

koning (plural konings or koninge (dated), diminutive koninkie, feminine koningin)

konings (plural)
koninge (dated plural)
koninkie (diminutive)
koningin (feminine)

From Dutch koning, from Middle Dutch cōninc, from Old Dutch cuninc, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.


koningin

koningin (plural koninginne, diminutive koninginnetjie, masculine koning)

koninginne (plural)
koninginnetjie (diminutive)
koning (masculine)

From Dutch koningin, from Middle Dutch coninginne, from Old Dutch kuninginna. Equivalent to koning (“king”) + -in (“suffix indicating femininity”).


liefde

From Dutch liefde, from Middle Dutch lievede.


maand

From Dutch maand, from Middle Dutch mâent, from Old Dutch *mānoth, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs, from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”).


maan

From Dutch maan, from Middle Dutch mâne, from Old Dutch *māno, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.


maag

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maag (plural mae or mage, diminutive magie)

mae (plural)
mage (plural)
magie (diminutive)

From Dutch maag, from Middle Dutch māge, from Old Dutch *mago, from Proto-Germanic *magô.


kans

From Dutch kans, from Middle Dutch canse, from Old Northern French cance, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from cadō (“to fall”), referring to the falling of dice.


moeder

From Dutch moeder, from Middle Dutch moeder, from Old Dutch muoder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.


noot

From Dutch noot, from Middle Dutch note, from Old French note, from Latin nota.


broek

broek (plural broeke, diminutive broekie)

→ Chichewa: buluku

→ English: broekies

→ Fanagalo: bluk

→ Fwe: bù-rúkwè (via Lozi)

→ Kalanga: burukwi

→ Ndau: buruku (via an intermediary language)

→ Nsenga: buluku (via an intermediary language)

→ Shona: bhurukwa

→ Swazi: emabhulukwe

→ Tswana: borokgo

→ Tumbuka: buluku (via an intermediary language)

→ Xhosa: ibhulukhwe

→ Yao: buluku (via an intermediary language)

→ Zulu: ibhulukwe

From Dutch broek, from Middle Dutch broec, from Old Dutch *bruoc, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk.


geluk

From Dutch geluk, from Middle Dutch geluc, further origin unknown. Found only in West Germanic (as a word of native origin). Compare English luck, West Frisian gelok, German Glück, Yiddish גליק (glik), Norwegian Nynorsk lukke, Swedish lycka, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lykke.


geboorte

/χəˈbʊə̯r.tə/

From Dutch geboorte, from Middle Dutch geboorte.


gebruik

From Dutch gebruik (noun) and gebruiken (verb).


grens

From Dutch grens, from Middle Low German grense, grenitse and/or German Grenze, both ultimately from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic *granica.


gevaar

Hulle was in groot gevaar.


geur

From Dutch geur, from Middle Dutch gore.


groep

groep (plural groepe, diminutive groepie)

From Dutch groep, possibly via French gruppo, from Italian gruppo.


gif

gif (plural giwwe or gifte, diminutive giffie)

giwwe (plural)
gifte (plural)
giffie (diminutive)

From Dutch gif, from earlier gift, from Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.


gif

From Dutch gift, from Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. Same etymology as above, but the two variants gradually acquired different meanings in modern Dutch.


einde

einde (plural eindes, diminutive eindjie)

From Dutch einde, from Middle Dutch ende, einde, from Old Dutch endi, einde, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos.


beker

beker (plural bekers, diminutive bekertjie)

From Dutch beker, from Middle Dutch beker, from Latin bicarium.


eenheid

From Dutch eenheid. By surface analysis, een + -heid.


geliefde

Ruis die stem van ons geliefde.


sleutel

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.

key (tool for locking and unlocking; something that unlocks)


traan

traan (plural trane, diminutive traantjie)

From Dutch traan, from Middle Dutch trâen, from Old Dutch trān, from Proto-Germanic *trahnuz.


tand

From Dutch tand, from Middle Dutch tant, from Old Dutch *tand, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.


telefoon

/ˌtɪə̯.ləˈfʊə̯n/

/ˌtɛ.ləˈfʊə̯n/

From Dutch telefoon, from French téléphone.


slaapkamer

From Dutch slaapkamer, from Middle Dutch slaepcamere. Equivalent to slaap + kamer.


ster

ster (plural sterre, diminutive sterretjie)

From Dutch ster, from Middle Dutch sterne, sterre, from Old Dutch sterno, sterro, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.


stilte

From Dutch stilte. Equivalent to stil + -te.


stof

stof (plural stowwe, diminutive stoffie)

From Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stoffe, from Old French estophe, estoffe, from estoffer, from Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stuppōn (“to cram, plug, stuff”).


stof

From Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stof, from Old Dutch *stof, from Proto-Germanic *stubą.


spel

From Dutch spel, from Middle Dutch spel.


olie

From Dutch olie, from Middle Dutch ōlie, from Old Dutch olig, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion).


naald

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naald (plural naalde, diminutive naaldjie)

→ Xhosa: inaliti

→ Zulu: inalithi

Fanagalo: nalit

From Dutch naald, from Middle Dutch naelde, from Old Dutch nālda, from a metathesis of earlier *nādla, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.


draad

draad (plural drade, diminutive draadjie)

From Dutch draad, from Middle Dutch drâet, from Old Dutch *thrād, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz.


probleem

probleem (plural probleme, diminutive probleempie)

probleme (plural)
probleempie (diminutive)

From Dutch probleem, from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma).


persoon

From Dutch persoon, from Middle Dutch persone, ultimately from Latin persōna.


vraag

From Dutch vraag, from Middle Dutch vrage.


vinger

From Dutch vinger, from Middle Dutch vinger, from Old Dutch finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.


verf

From Dutch verf, from Middle Dutch varwe, verwe, from Old Dutch *farwa, from Proto-Germanic *farwō.


vlieg

vlieg (plural vlieë, diminutive vliegie)


dagga

→ Dutch: dagga

→ English: dagga

→ German: Dagga


melk

Inherited from Dutch melk, from Middle Dutch melc, from Old Dutch miluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.


verhaal

From Dutch verhaal, from Middle Dutch verhael.


verjaardag

verjaardag (plural verjaardae, diminutive verjaardaggie)

verjaardae (plural)
verjaardaggie (diminutive)

From Dutch verjaardag. Equivalent to verjaar + dag.


vorm

From Dutch vorm, from Middle Dutch vorme, from Old French forme, from Latin forma.

A form, a document or template to be filled in by a user.


vriend

vriend (plural vriende, feminine vriendin)

From Dutch vriend, from Middle Dutch vrient, from Old Dutch friunt, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.


voet

From Dutch voet, from Middle Dutch voet, from Old Dutch fuot, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.


grond

grond (plural gronde, diminutive grondjie)

From Dutch grond, from Middle Dutch gront, from Old Dutch grunt, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz.


haan

From Dutch haan, from Middle Dutch hane, from Old Dutch *hano, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).


kaart

From Dutch kaart, from Middle Dutch cāerte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta.


stoel

→ Southern Ndebele: ísítúlo

→ Shona: chitúru, chitúro

→ Sotho: setulo

→ Swazi: sítúlo

→ Tsonga: xitulu

→ Xhosa: ísítúlo

→ Zulu: ísítúlo

From Dutch stoel, from Middle Dutch stoel, from Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-West Germanic *stōl, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.


kruis

kruis (plural kruise, diminutive kruisie)

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

cross, sign of the cross
(heraldry) saltire


natuur

From Dutch natuur, from Middle Dutch nature, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra.


vrede

From Dutch vrede, from Middle Dutch vrēde, from Old Dutch fritho, *frithu, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.


meneer

From Dutch meneer, from earlier mijnheer, from Middle Dutch mijnhere. Equivalent to my (“my”) + heer (“lord”). Literally corresponds to "milord".


maat

maat (plural maats or maters, diminutive maatjie)

maats (plural)
maters (plural)
maatjie (diminutive)

→ English: maat


rivier

rivier (plural riviere, diminutive riviertjie)

riviere (plural)
riviertjie (diminutive)

In jou hart se droë riviere
 Het jou liefde opgedroog.
 En vergeet jy al die ure,
 Die gety in my bly hoog.

2017, “Droë riviere”performed by Liezel Pieters:

In the dry rivers of your heart
 Your love has dried up.
 And though you may be forgetting those hours,
 The tide in me stays high.


vierkant

vierkant (plural vierkante, diminutive vierkantjie)

vierkante (plural)
vierkantjie (diminutive)

quadrant; a square shaped clearing used for assembly in South African schools


straat

→ Swazi: sitaladi

→ Xhosa: isitrato, isitalato

From Dutch straat, from Middle Dutch strate, from Old Dutch strāta, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), from Latin strāta.


meel

From Dutch meel, from Middle Dutch mēle, Old Dutch *melo, Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą.


vloer

vloer (plural vloere, diminutive vloertjie)

From Dutch vloer, from Middle Dutch vloer, from Old Dutch *fluor, from Proto-Germanic *flōraz.


tollie

From Zulu ithole (“calf”), modified to use the diminutive -ie.


ganja

Probably borrowed from English ganja, from Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).


bredie

→ English: bredie


gogga

From a Khoe language. Compare Khoekhoe xoxo-i.

2014, Elsa Drotsky, 'n Vrou vir Emile, LAPA Uitgewers.
Sy verloor gou belanstelling in die wriemelende goggas en kom orent, haar oë sommer vanself al weer op soek na Emile.

She quickly loses interest in the wriggling bugs and goes upright, her eyes already searching for Emile on their own.


sandstorm

From Dutch zandstorm. Equivalent to sand + storm.


klomp

klomp (plural klompe, diminutive klompie)

From Dutch klomp, from Middle Dutch clompe, from Old Dutch *klumpo, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ-.


kroeg

Julle gaan nooit weer kroeg toe nie!


streek

From Dutch streek, from Middle Dutch strēke, from Old Dutch *striki, from Proto-West Germanic *striki, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz.


tikfout

tikfout (plural tikfoute, diminutive tikfoutjie)

tikfoute (plural)
tikfoutjie (diminutive)

Inherited from Dutch tikfout, equivalent to tik (“typing”) + fout (“mistake, error”).

compound

typographical error
typographical error#English


dokter

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dokter (plural dokters, diminutive doktertjie)

dokters (plural)
doktertjie (diminutive)

From Dutch dokter, from doctor, from Middle Dutch doctoor, from Latin doctor.


boter

boter (plural boters, diminutive botertjie)


bril

bril (plural brille, diminutive brilletjie)

→ Sotho: borele

From Dutch bril, from Middle Dutch beril (“beryl”), from Latin beryllus (“beryl”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos).


haai

From Dutch haai, from Middle Dutch haeye.


kus

From Dutch kust, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side”).

In 1862 word 'n pad vanaf die kopermyne na Hondeklipbaai aan die kus gebou.

1986, Die Noordweste. Die stoflike kultuuruitinge van die streek se bewoners, page 31:

In 1862 a path from the copper mines to Hondeklip Bay at the coast is built.


kus

From Dutch kus, from Middle Dutch kos, from Old Dutch *kos, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Cognate with English kiss, German Kuss, and Danish kys.

1984, Eugène Nielen Marais, Versamelde werke, Leon Rousseau (ed.), Van Schaik (publ.), page 930.
Sy vou haar armpies om die ou man se nek maar in plaas van haar geheimpie te hoor, bedek hy die gesiggie met kusse.

She wraps her short arms around the old man's neck, but instead of listening to her secret he covers her little face with kisses.


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).


baard

From Dutch baard, from Middle Dutch baert, from Old Dutch *bart, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰ-eh₂.


aanvaller

aanvaller (plural aanvallers, diminutive aanvallertjie)

aanvallers (plural)
aanvallertjie (diminutive)


komkommer

komkommer (plural komkommers, diminutive komkommertjie)

komkommers (plural)
komkommertjie (diminutive)

From Dutch komkommer, from Middle Dutch cucumer, from Old French concombre, from Latin cucumis.


naartjie

naartjie (plural naartjies, diminutive naartjietjie)

naartjies (plural)
naartjietjie (diminutive)

(uncommon) Alternative spelling of nartjie


soutpiel

sout (“salt”) + piel (“dick”). So named for figuratively having one foot in South Africa, one foot in Great Britain and his penis dangling in the Atlantic. Although the true midpoint between Cape Town and London is near Bangalela, Nigeria, which is inland.

(vulgar, army slang) A South African with British, especially English, heritage.


rooinek

Hierdie waardige ou ooms het ons jongeres met vertroue besiel. Hulle was in ons oordeel die baanbrekers! hulle is die manne wat die Rooinekke sou kafloop.

These dignified old gentlemen ("uncles") inspired us youngsters with confidence; in our judgement they were the trailblazers! They were the men who would trounce the Rooinekke.

a person of British descent in South Africa. The term was applied to British settlers and military personnel during the 19th century, but by the 20th century had become a general colloquial term used by Afrikaners for anyone of British descent or connections to the British in South Africa.


koeksister

→ English: koeksister

koeksister (deep-fried doughnut dipped in syrup)


bees

From Dutch beest, from Middle Dutch beeste, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.

cow, ox (bovine, esp. of a domesticated species)


boon

→ Xhosa: imbotyi (from the diminutive)

From Dutch boon, from Middle Dutch bône, from Old Dutch *bōna, Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō.


kos

From Dutch kost, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French cost.


braaivleis

braaivleis (uncountable, diminutive braaivleisie)


handlanger

handlanger (plural handlangers, diminutive handlangertjie)

handlangers (plural)
handlangertjie (diminutive)

→ English: handlanger

From Dutch handlanger, from German Handlanger.

henchman, accomplice (one who is an enabler or accessory to a crime)


slaaf

slaaf (plural slawe, diminutive slafie, feminine slavin)

slawe (plural)
slafie (diminutive)
slavin (feminine)

From Dutch slaaf, from Middle Dutch slave, from Late Latin sclavus.


duif

From Dutch duif, from Middle Dutch duve, from Old Dutch dūva, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.


naamwoord

From Dutch naamwoord. Equivalent to naam + woord.

(grammar) noun (in the general sense, including adjectives)


fantasie

From Dutch fantasie, from Middle Dutch fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía).

fantasy (something that has been imagined)


peetvader

peetvader (plural peetvaders, diminutive peetvadertjie)

peetvaders (plural)
peetvadertjie (diminutive)

From Dutch peetvader. Equivalent to peet + vader.


doek

→ English: doek

→ Shona: dhuku

From Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz.


aar

From dialectal Dutch aar, syncopic form of ader, from Middle Dutch adere, from Old Dutch *āthara, from Proto-Germanic *ēþrō.

Die bloed het in my are gevries toe ek daardie skreeu hoor.

The blood ran cold in my veins when I heard that scream.


patos

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

der

pathos; a property of anything that touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions

any feelings that are touched or excited through the use of pathos in music, literature, film, etc.


paal

→ Tsonga: pala

→ Xhosa: ipala

From Dutch paal, from Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.


Dubliner

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Dubliner (plural Dubliners, diminutive Dublinertjie)

Dubliners (plural)
Dublinertjie (diminutive)


kar

kar (plural karre, diminutive karretjie)

From Dutch kar, from Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros.


vod

vod (plural vodde or voddes or voddens, diminutive vodjie)

vodde (plural)
voddes (plural)
voddens (plural)
vodjie (diminutive)

'n Vod van 'n boek


dagboek

From Dutch dagboek. Equivalent to dag + boek.


kis

From Dutch kist, from Middle Dutch kiste, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂.


mol

mol (plural molle, diminutive molletjie)

From Dutch mol, from Middle Dutch mol, from Old Dutch mol, mul, from Proto-West Germanic *mol, from Proto-Germanic *mulaz.

mole, mammal of the family Talpidae; also used of some similar but not closely related mammals.


koor

From Dutch koor, from Middle Dutch côor.


gom

From Dutch gom, from Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.

Gum, a viscous or sticky substance exuded by certain plants or produced synthetically.


volk

volk (plural volke or volkere, diminutive volkie)

volke (plural)
volkere (plural)
volkie (diminutive)

→ English: volk

From Dutch volk, from Middle Dutch volc, from Old Dutch folc, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.


kont

From Dutch kont (“butt, bum”), from Middle Dutch conte (“vagina”, also generally “sex organ”), from Old Dutch *kunta (“vagina”), from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ.

inh

(vulgar) cunt, an extremely unpleasant or objectionable person


dwerg

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dwerg (plural dwerge, diminutive dwergie)

From Dutch dwerg, from Middle Dutch dwerch, from Old Dutch *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.

dwarf (small human; small specimen, breed or species of animal)

(fiction, folklore, fantasy, mythology) dwarf (small folkloristic humanoid)


haat

From Dutch haat, from Middle Dutch hāt, from Old Dutch *hat, from Proto-Germanic *hataz.


hertog

hertog (plural hertoë, diminutive hertogie, feminine hertogin)

hertoë (plural)
hertogie (diminutive)
hertogin (feminine)

From Dutch hertog, from Middle Dutch hertōge, from Old Dutch *heritogo, from Proto-West Germanic *haritogō.


groet

From Dutch groet, from Middle Dutch groete.


vloed

From Dutch vloed, from Middle Dutch vloet, from Old Dutch fluot, from Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz.


kroon

From Dutch kroon, from Middle Dutch crône, from Old Dutch corōna, from Latin corōna.


piek

From Dutch piek, from Middle Dutch pike.

A summit, a peak, the highest point of a mountain.


droom

From Dutch droom, from Middle Dutch droom, from Old Dutch *drōm, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz.


breuk

breuk (plural breuke, diminutive breukie)


bruid

bruid (plural bruide, diminutive bruidjie)

From Dutch bruid, from Middle Dutch bruut, from Old Dutch *brūd, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz.


roer

roer (plural roers, diminutive roertjie)

From Dutch roer, roeder, from Middle Dutch roeder, from Old Dutch *ruother, from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą.


ruim

From Dutch ruim, from Middle Dutch ruum, from Old Dutch ruom, Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą.


suster

From Dutch zuster, from Middle Dutch suster, from Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.


regering

regering (plural regerings or regeringe (dated))

regerings (plural)
regeringe (dated plural)

/rəˈχɪə̯.rəŋ/

From Dutch regering, equivalent to regeer + -ing.


bakkie

→ English: bakkie


middag

From Dutch middag, from Middle Dutch middach.


bergie

(informal) a homeless person in Cape Town


gars

→ Xhosa: írhási

From Dutch garst, a variant of gerst, from Middle Dutch gerste, from Old Dutch *gersta, from Proto-West Germanic *gerstu.


hawe

hawe (plural hawes or hawens, diminutive hawetjie)

hawes (plural)
hawens (plural)
hawetjie (diminutive)

From Dutch haven, from Middle Dutch havene, from Old Dutch *havana, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō.


lughawe

lughawe (plural lughawes or lughawens, diminutive lughawetjie or lughawentjie)

lughawes (plural)
lughawens (plural)
lughawetjie (diminutive)
lughawentjie (diminutive)

From Dutch luchthaven. Equivalent to lug + hawe.


pyn

From Dutch pijn, from Middle Dutch pine, from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ). Cognate with English pain.


bou

From Dutch bouwen, from Middle Dutch bouwen, from Old Dutch buwan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną.

building, construction (activity of building)


piramide

piramide (plural piramides, diminutive piramidetjie)

piramides (plural)
piramidetjie (diminutive)

From Dutch piramide, from Middle French pyramide, from Old French piramide, from Latin pȳramis, from Ancient Greek πῡραμίς (pūramís), possibly from πῡρός (pūrós, “wheat”) + ἀμάω (amáō, “reap”) or from Egyptian pr-m-ws.


kruk

From Dutch kruk, from Middle Dutch crucke.


vesel

vesel (plural vesels, diminutive veseltjie)

From Dutch vezel, from Middle Dutch *vesele (from which veselen), from vese + -ele.

A fibre (Commonwealth); fiber (US) (single piece/strand of fabric or other material).


mielie

mielie (plural mielies, diminutive mielietjie)

mielies (plural)
mielietjie (diminutive)

→ English: mielie, mealie

From Portuguese milho, from Latin milium.


boerewors

From boer (“farmer”) + wors (“sausage”).

A traditional homemade sausage, now commercially available.


wors

→ English: wors


boomslang

→ English: boomslang


dassiepis

→ English: dassiepis

Compound of dassie (“hyrax”) + pis (“piss, pee”).


lewe

lewe (plural lewes or lewens, diminutive lewetjie)

lewes (plural)
lewens (plural)
lewetjie (diminutive)

From Dutch leven (noun), from Middle Dutch leven.


stoep

→ English: stoep

From Dutch stoep, from Middle Dutch stoep.

stoep, stoop, raised platform or veranda in front of a house


lof

From Dutch lof, from Middle Dutch lof, from Old Dutch lof, from Proto-Germanic *lubą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love”).


kous

→ Sotho: kausi

→ Xhosa: ikawusi

From Dutch kous, from Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus.


krap

krap (plural krappe, diminutive krappie)

From Dutch krab, from Middle Dutch crabbe, from Old Dutch *krabba.

(botany, uncommon) devil's claw (plant of the genus Harpagophytum), especially when referring to the seeds


pret

From Dutch pret (“fun”). Related to Dutch prat (“proud”) and English prat.


lym

From Dutch lijm, from Middle Dutch lijm, from Old Dutch *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz.


heks

From Dutch heks, from German Hexe, from Middle High German hecse, from Old High German hagzissa, from Proto-Germanic *hagatusjō.

(figurative, derogatory) witch (term of abuse for a woman)


voël

→ English: voël

From Dutch vogel, from Middle Dutch vōgel, from Old Dutch fogal, vogal, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz.


mossie

mossie (plural mossies, diminutive mossietjie)

mossies (plural)
mossietjie (diminutive)

From the diminutive of dialectal Dutch mos, a Hollandic byform of mus.


vygie

→ English: vygie


tombo

'n KLOPJAG weens die vermoede dat tombo gestook word in die tronk, is die jongste grief op die vermeende Caprivi-afstigters in Grootfontein se klagtelys.

2004 April 26, “Lewe agter die tralies”, in Republikein:

A raid because of the suspicion that tombo is being brewed in jail, is the latest grief on the list of complaints of the alleged Caprivi separatists in Grootfontein.

Agt polisiebeamptes wat in April 'n man forseer het om in tombo te swem terwyl hulle hom beledig het, is steeds geskors.

Eight police officers who in April forced a man to swim in tombo while they insulted him, are still suspended.

(Namibia) tombo (a traditional sweet beer)


komma

komma (plural kommas, diminutive kommatjie)

From Dutch komma, from French comma, from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).


ketel

ketel (plural ketels, diminutive keteltjie)

From Dutch ketel, from Middle Dutch ketel, from Old Dutch *ketil, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz, from Late Latin catillus.

kettle, cauldron (a pot used to boil water)


kaalgat

kaalgat (plural kaalgatte, diminutive kaalgatjie)

kaalgatte (plural)
kaalgatjie (diminutive)

From Dutch kaalgat (noun), the adjective is an Afrikaans development. Equivalent kaal (“naked”) + gat (“hole, butt, backside”).


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lapa (plural lapas, diminutive lapatjie)


stoom

From Dutch stoom, from Middle Dutch *stôom, from Old Dutch *stōm, from Proto-West Germanic *staum, from Proto-Germanic *staumaz.


sterrekunde

From Dutch sterrenkunde. Equivalent to sterre + -kunde.


astronomie

From Dutch astronomie, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀστρονομία (astronomía), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”).


planeet

From Dutch planeet, Middle Dutch planete, from Old French planete, from Late Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer”).


vaart

From Middle Dutch vāert, from Old Dutch farth, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz.


venster

→ Fanagalo: festel

→ Sotho: fenstere

→ Xhosa: ifestile

→ Zulu: ifasitela

From Dutch venster, from Latin fenestra.


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kooi (plural kooie, diminutive kooitjie)

From Dutch kooi (“cage; bunk”), from Middle Dutch coye, ultimately from Latin cavea.


kurk

From Dutch kurk, from Spanish corcho, ultimately from Latin cortex.


matroos

matroos (plural matrose, diminutive matrosie)


uil

From Dutch uil, from Middle Dutch ule, from Old Dutch *ūwila, from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ.


arend

From Dutch arend, from Middle Dutch aernt, from earlier aren, from Old Dutch *aro.


meester

From Dutch meester, from Middle Dutch mêester, from Old Dutch *mēster, from Vulgar Latin *maester, from Latin magister.


wesp

From Dutch wesp, from earlier wespe, from Middle Dutch wespe, from Old Dutch *wespa, with metathesis from Proto-Germanic *wepsō-, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“weave”).


kapel

From Dutch kapel, from Middle Dutch capelle, ultimately from Latin cappella.

chapel, small Christian place of worship


kerk

→ Fwe: n-kèrékè

→ Herero: okereka

→ Kwanyama: onggeleka

→ Phuthi: ikereke

→ Shona: kirike

→ Sotho: kereke

→ Venda: gereke

From Dutch kerk, from Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).


kanker

From Dutch kanker, from Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.


cabochon

cabochon (plural cabochons or cabochonne)


patroon

patroon (plural patrone, diminutive patroontjie)

patrone (plural)
patroontjie (diminutive)

pattern or example from which a copy is made

pattern; an artistic design or decorative arrangement

pattern; a regular or repeating arrangement (such as in music or concerning events)


patroon

cartridge; a container for ink, powder, gas, etc.


patroon

patroon (plural patrone, diminutive patroontjie, feminine patrones)

patrone (plural)
patroontjie (diminutive)
patrones (feminine)

a child that behaves either old-fashionedly or like an adult

patron; wealthy person who supports an artist, craftsman, a scholar, etc.

(Roman catholicism) patron; patron saint

(historical, Roman antiquity) patron; a master who had freed his slave but still retained some rights over him


orde

From Dutch orde, from Middle Dutch ordene, from Old French ordene, from Latin ordō, ordinem.


meubel

meubel (plural meubels, diminutive meubeltjie)

meubels (plural)
meubeltjie (diminutive)

From Dutch meubel (“furniture”), from Middle Dutch meubel, from Old French meuble, from Latin rēs mōbilis (“movable object”).

piece of furniture
piece of furniture#English


soort

From Dutch soort, from Middle Dutch sorte.


sanger

Inherited from Dutch zanger, from Middle Dutch sanger.


verte

From Dutch verte, from Middle Dutch verte. Equivalent to ver + -te.


neef

From Dutch neef, from Middle Dutch nēve, from Old Dutch *nefo, nevo, from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts.


paling

paling (plural palings, diminutive palinkie)

From Dutch paling, from Middle Dutch paeldinc, from Old Dutch *pathelink.


besetting

besetting (plural besettings or besettinge (dated))

besettings (plural)
besettinge (dated plural)

From Dutch bezetting, from Middle Dutch besettinge. Equivalent to beset + -ing.


reeks

reeks (plural reekse, diminutive reeksie)

From Dutch reeks, from Middle Dutch raecs, reecs (“chain”), from Old Dutch *rakis, of uncertain origin.

Dit is 'n reeks letters, 'n reeks woorde, maar het dit betekenis, ek dink nie so nie...

This is a sequence of letters, a sequence of words, but does it have any meaning, I don't think so...

Die uitgewer het al 'n nuwe reeks boeke aangekondig.

The publisher has already announced a new series of books.

Daardie komiese reeks op televisie oor 'n dwelmbende in 'n bewaarskool is baie populêr.

That comedic series on television about a drug gang operating in a kindergarten is very popular.

A series of video media, e.g. a television or internet series.


nommer

From Dutch nummer, from Middle Dutch nommer, from Old French nombre, from Latin numerus.

(Cape Afrikaans, chiefly plural) prison gang


moskee

From Dutch moskee, from Middle French mosquee, from Italian moschea, from Medieval Latin meschita, from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).


wilg

From Dutch wilg, from Middle Dutch wilge, from Old Dutch *wilga, from Proto-West Germanic *wiligijā.


pous

From Dutch paus, from Middle Dutch paus.


snoek

→ English: snoek

From Dutch snoek, from Middle Dutch snoec, from Old Dutch *snuoc.


derm

intestine, gut; e.g. in anatomy, the term "slukderm" (literally "swallowing gut") is a technically established term for "oesophagus".


salto

From Dutch salto, from Italian salto, from Latin saltus.

somersault, flip (jump where one makes a 360° rotation)


stam

From Dutch stam, from Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch *stam, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.


roos

From Dutch roos, from Middle Dutch rose, from Old French rose, from Latin rosa.


wil

From Dutch willen, from Middle Dutch willen, from Old Dutch willen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.


mossel

mossel (plural mossels, diminutive mosseltjie)

mossels (plural)
mosseltjie (diminutive)

From Dutch mossel, from Middle Dutch mosscele.


werkwoord

From Dutch werkwoord. Equivalent to werk + woord.


kers

From dialectal Dutch kers (“candle”), variant of kaars, from Middle Dutch kerse. The Dutch development -er- → -aar- before a dental consonant is absent in a number of Afrikaans words (compare lantern, perd, stert, werd).


bestaan

From Dutch bestaan, from Middle Dutch bestaen.


skelet

skelet (plural skelette, diminutive skeletjie)

skelette (plural)
skeletjie (diminutive)

Inherited from Dutch skelet, from German Skelett, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”), from σκελλώ (skellṓ, “to dry, dry up, to make dry, to parch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, wither”).


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geraamte (plural geraamtes, diminutive geraamtetjie)

geraamtes (plural)
geraamtetjie (diminutive)

From Dutch geraamte, from Middle Dutch geraemte.


boekwinkel

boekwinkel (plural boekwinkels, diminutive boekwinkeltjie)

boekwinkels (plural)
boekwinkeltjie (diminutive)


oorbel

oorbel (plural oorbelle, diminutive oorbelletjie)

oorbelle (plural)
oorbelletjie (diminutive)


sondares

sondares (plural sondaresse, diminutive sondaressie, masculine sondaar)

sondaresse (plural)
sondaressie (diminutive)
sondaar (masculine)

From Dutch zondares. Equivalent to sondaar + -es.


subsidie

From Dutch subsidie, from Middle Dutch subsidie, from Latin subsidium.


rol

rol (plural rolle, diminutive rolletjie)


vriendin

vriendin (plural vriendinne, diminutive vriendinnetjie)

vriendinne (plural)
vriendinnetjie (diminutive)

From Dutch vriendin, from Middle Dutch vriendinne. Equivalent to vriend + -in.

Die vriendinne swem vaak in die dam, maar vandag vlug hulle weg, omdat iemand klippe daarin gooi.

The female friends often swim in the pond, but today they fled away because someone threw stones into it.

Baie mense wat WikiWoordeboek bewerk, sowel mans as vroue, het geen vriendin nie.

Many people who edit Wiktionary, both men and women, do not have a girlfriend.

girlfriend (unmarried female romantic partner)


platteland

English: platteland


manier

From Middle Dutch maniere, from Old French maniere.


skare

From Dutch schare, from Middle Dutch schare, from Old Dutch skara, from Proto-Germanic *skarō.


rower

rower (plural rowers, diminutive rowertjie)

From Dutch rover, from Middle Dutch rôvere. Equivalent to roof + -er.


fiets

Borrowed from Dutch fiets, of uncertain origin.


dief

From Dutch dief, from Middle Dutch dief, from Old Dutch *thiof, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.


letterkunde

From Dutch letterkunde. Equivalent to letter + -kunde.


novelle

/ˌnʊə̯ˈfɛ.lə/

From Dutch novelle, either from Italian novella or French nouvelle, itself from Italian.


poot

From Dutch poot, from Middle Dutch pôte.


politiek

From Dutch politiek, from French politique.


aktinium

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


tou

From Dutch touw, from Middle Dutch touwe, from Old Dutch *tou, from Proto-Germanic *tawwą.


plek

From Dutch plek, from Middle Dutch plecke, from Old Dutch *plekka (“mark, spot, place”), from Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”).


aanbieding

aanbieding (plural aanbiedings or aanbiedinge (dated), diminutive aanbiedinkie)

aanbiedings (plural)
aanbiedinge (dated plural)
aanbiedinkie (diminutive)


belasting

belasting (plural belastings or belastinge (dated))

belastings (plural)
belastinge (dated plural)

From Dutch belasting, from Middle Dutch belastinge (“burden, accusation”).


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begroting (plural begrotings or begrotinge (dated))

begrotings (plural)
begrotinge (dated plural)

/bəˈχrʊə̯.təŋ/

From Dutch begroting, from Middle Dutch begrotinge. Equivalent to begroot + -ing.


gesprek

From Dutch gesprek (“conversation”), from Middle Dutch gesprec (“speaking, speech”), from Old Dutch *gisprekki, from Proto-Germanic *gasprakją. Equivalent to ge- + spreek.


beweging

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beweging (plural bewegings or beweginge (dated))

bewegings (plural)
beweginge (dated plural)


vreemdeling

vreemdeling (plural vreemdelinge, diminutive vreemdelinkie or vreemdelingetje)

vreemdelinge (plural)
vreemdelinkie (diminutive)
vreemdelingetje (diminutive)

/ˈfrɪə̯m.dəˌləŋ/

From Dutch vreemdeling, from German Fremdling. Equivalent to vreemd + -e- + -ling.

stranger (unfamiliar person hailing from elsewhere)


ministerie

From Dutch ministerie, from French ministère and influenced by Latin ministerium.

ministry (government department under the authority of a minister)


storie

storie (plural stories, diminutive storietjie)

stories (plural)
storietjie (diminutive)

Borrowed from English story. Doublet of histori.


bliksem

bliksem (plural bliksems, diminutive bliksempie)

bliksems (plural)
bliksempie (diminutive)

From Dutch bliksem, from Middle Dutch blexeme, from Old Dutch blikisni (“lightning bolts”), ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivation of Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-.


proses

From Dutch proces, from Middle Dutch proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin processus, past participle of procedo.


grondslag

From Dutch grondslag. Equivalent to grond + slag.


brandweer

From Dutch brandweer, from German Feuerwehr. Equivalent to brand (“fire”) + weer (“defence”).


visser

From Dutch visser, from Middle Dutch vischer, visscher, from Old Dutch *fiskar, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz. Equivalent to vis + -er.


magie

From Dutch magie, from French magie, from Middle French magie, from Latin magīa, from Ancient Greek μαγεία (mageía). The stress difference with Dutch might be due to English influence (magic) or influence from derived terms such as magies.


asma

From Dutch astma, from Latin āsthma, from Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma).


baar

From Dutch baar, from Middle Dutch bâre, from Old Dutch *bāra, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, derived from etymology 1. Cognate with German Bahre, English bier.


baar

From Dutch baar, from Middle Dutch bâre. Possibly identical with etymology 2.


baar

From Dutch baar, from Middle Dutch bare, from Old French barre. Cognate with German Barren, English bar.


slaap

From Dutch slaap, from Middle Dutch slâep, from Old Dutch *slāp, from Proto-West Germanic *slāp.


kwaad

From Dutch kwaad, from Middle Dutch quaet, from Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.


sfeer

sfeer (plural sfere, diminutive sfeertjie)


fabriek

fabriek (plural fabrieke, diminutive fabriekie)

fabrieke (plural)
fabriekie (diminutive)

→ Sotho: faboriki

From Dutch fabriek, from Latin fabrica or French fabrique.


kandidaat

From Dutch kandidaat, from French candidat, from Latin candidātus.


advies

From Dutch advies, from Middle Dutch avijs, from Old French avis.


klant

From Dutch klant, from Middle Dutch calant (“person, friend”), from Old Northern French calant (compare regular Old French chalant), from Old French chaloir (“to heat, to care about”), from Latin calēre (“to be hot”).


inhoud

From Dutch inhoud, from Middle Dutch inhout. Equivalent to a deverbal from inhou.


moord

From Dutch moord, from Middle Dutch mort, from Old Dutch morth, from Proto-Germanic *murþą, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”).


uitspraak

From Dutch uitspraak, from Middle Dutch utesprâke.


spraak

From Dutch spraak, from Middle Dutch sprâke, from Old Dutch *sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā, *sprāku.

hy het sy spraak verloor

breinskade kan spraak aantas

hierdie is tipies van die Kaapse spraak

(uncountable) speech; parlance (act and manner of speaking)

ons het gesukkel om spraak en geraas van mekaar te skei

we struggled to separate speech and noise from each other

(uncountable) utterance, discourse, speech


waterval

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waterval (plural watervalle, diminutive watervalletjie)

watervalle (plural)
watervalletjie (diminutive)

From Dutch waterval. Equivalent to water + val.


reptiel

reptiel (plural reptiele, diminutive reptieltjie)

reptiele (plural)
reptieltjie (diminutive)

From Dutch reptiel, from French reptile, from Middle French reptile, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rēptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”).

reptile, any member of the class Reptilia


aanbieder

aanbieder (plural aanbieders, diminutive aanbiedertjie)

aanbieders (plural)
aanbiedertjie (diminutive)


kunstenaar

kunstenaar (plural kunstenaars or kunstenare)

kunstenaars (plural)
kunstenare (plural)


eer

From Dutch eer, from Middle Dutch ere, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.


vlak

From Dutch vlak, from Middle Dutch vlac, from Old Dutch *flak, from Proto-Germanic *flakaz.

(figurative) domain, area, sphere of interest


bedoeling

bedoeling (plural bedoelings or bedoelinge (dated))

bedoelings (plural)
bedoelinge (dated plural)

From Dutch bedoeling. Equivalent to bedoel + -ing.


pan

From Dutch pan, from Middle Dutch panne, from Old Dutch *panna, from Latin panna, contraction of patina. The sense “lake, pond” is likely borrowed from or influenced by English pan.


heer

From Dutch heer, from Middle Dutch hêre, from Old Dutch hērro, hēro, from Old High German hēriro, hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”).


heer

From Dutch heer, from Middle Dutch here, from Old Dutch heri, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kóryos.


koek

→ Sotho: kuku


herinnering

herinnering (plural herinnerings or herinneringe (dated), diminutive herinnerinkie)

herinnerings (plural)
herinneringe (dated plural)
herinnerinkie (diminutive)

/ˌɦɛˈrən(ə).rəŋ/

/ˌɦɛrˈən(ə).rəŋ/

From Dutch herinnering. Equivalent to herinner (“to remember”) + -ing (“-ation”).


daad

From Dutch daad, from Old Dutch *dād, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis.


omstandigheid

From Dutch omstandigheid, from French circonstance or Latin circumstantia. Equivalent to om + stand + -ig + -heid.


tsaar

From Dutch tsaar, from Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.


gehoor

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gehoor (plural gehore, diminutive gehoortjie)

(uncountable) hearing (the ability to hear)


getal

getal (plural getalle, diminutive getalletjie)

getalle (plural)
getalletjie (diminutive)


wond

From Dutch wond, from Middle Dutch wonde, wunde, from Old Dutch wunda, from Proto-Germanic *wundō.


missie

From Dutch missie, from French mission, Old French mission, from Latin missiō. Cognate to Indonesian misi.


kamp

From Dutch kamp, from Middle French camp, from Latin campus (“open space; field”).


ontploffing

ontploffing (plural ontploffings or ontploffinge (dated), diminutive ontploffinkie)

ontploffings (plural)
ontploffinge (dated plural)
ontploffinkie (diminutive)

From Dutch ontploffing. Equivalent to ontplof + -ing.


buik

From Dutch buik, from Middle Dutch buuc, from Old Dutch būc, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.


hospitaal

From Dutch hospitaal, from Middle Dutch hospitael, Old French hospital, from Latin hospitālis.


halogeen

(chemistry) halogen (any element of group 17 of the periodic table)


verveling

/fərˈfɪə̯.ləŋ/

From Dutch verveling. Equivalent to verveel + -ing.


vangs

catch, haul (that which has been caught)


vleis

From dialectal Dutch vleis (standard vlees), from Middle Dutch vleisch, vlêesch, from Old Dutch fleisc, flēsc, from Proto-West Germanic *flaiski.


loopbaan

From Dutch loopbaan. Compound of loop + baan.


uitdrukking

uitdrukking (plural uitdrukkings or uitdrukkinge (dated))

uitdrukkings (plural)
uitdrukkinge (dated plural)

From Dutch uitdrukking, from Middle Dutch utedrukkinge. Equivalent to uitdruk + -ing.


graad

graad (plural grade, diminutive graadjie)

From Dutch graad, from Middle Dutch graet, from Latin gradus.

degree, stage of qualification or proficiency in a course of study

(physics) degree, unit of measurement of temperature

(mathematics) degree, order of a polynomial


vlam

vlam (plural vlamme, diminutive vlammetjie)

From Dutch vlam, from Middle Dutch vlamme, from Old Dutch flamma, from Old French flamme, from Latin flamma.

(informal, metonymically) love interest, partner


walvis

walvis (plural walvisse, diminutive walvissie)

walvisse (plural)
walvissie (diminutive)

From Dutch walvis, from Middle Dutch walvisch, from Old Dutch walvisk, a compound of *wal (“whale”) + fisk (“fish”), presumably to clarify the meaning.


ruit

From Dutch ruit, from Middle Dutch rute.

(geometry) The shape rhombus, an equilateral parallelogram

A glass panel (as) in a window; hence, the whole window


meetkunde

From Dutch meetkunde. Equivalent to meet + -kunde.


buffel

From Dutch buffel (“buffalo”), from Middle Dutch buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo (archaic buffalo), from Latin bubalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).


kameel

From Dutch kameel, from Middle Dutch camêel, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic language.


krokodil

From Dutch krokodil, from Middle Dutch crocodil, from Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).


loper

loper (plural lopers, diminutive lopertjie)

From Dutch loper (“walker, runner, messenger, bishop (chess piece), carpet, master key, offshoot”), from Middle Dutch lopere (“runner, messenger, walker”). Equivalent to loop + -er.

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(chess) bishop; chess piece that moves diagonally

(archaic) runner; someone who runs or moves quickly

(historical) messenger, that delivers messages by foot

(botany) shoot or sprout that forms at the end of roots from which new shoots or sprouts develop

(botany, uncommon) tendrils of creepers and vines used for support


kleinkind

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kleinkind (plural kleinkinders, diminutive kleinkindjie)

kleinkinders (plural)
kleinkindjie (diminutive)

From Dutch kleinkind. Equivalent to klein + kind.


agoeti

agoeti (plural agoeti's, diminutive agoeti'tjie)

agoeti's (plural)
agoeti'tjie (diminutive)

From Dutch agoeti, from French agouti or Spanish agutí, both from Old Tupi akuti.


kokkewiet

A southern African bird Telophorus zeylonus: a bokmakierie, a predominantly yellow and green shrike with a loud, musical, antiphonal song. A narrow black stripe extends from the eye and the base of the beak as a collar across the throat; the breast is a brilliant yellow. The back is a slightly olive green, the head grey.


verhouding

verhouding (plural verhoudings or verhoudinge, diminutive verhoudinkie)

verhoudings (plural)
verhoudinge (plural)
verhoudinkie (diminutive)

/fərˈɦœu̯.dəŋ/

From Dutch verhouding, often considered a calque of German Verhältnis.


besluit

From Dutch besluiten (verb) and besluit (noun).


onweer

From Dutch onweer, from Middle Dutch onweder, from Old Dutch *unwedar, from Proto-Germanic *unwedrą. Equivalent to on- + weer (literally “unweather”).


baai

baai (plural baaie, diminutive baaitjie)

From Dutch baai, from Middle French baie.


kraai

From Dutch kraai, from Middle Dutch crâye, from Old Dutch *krāia, from Proto-Germanic *krēǭ.


capriccio

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