braai

braai (present braai, present participle braaiende, past participle gebraai)

braai (present)
braaiende (participle present)
gebraai (participle past)

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

Nou gaan ons braai

Ek mag nie vleis in my tuin braai nie.

(cooking) to grill meat over an open flame, to braai


braai

→ Dutch: braai

→ English: braai

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.


SAR

Sentraal-Afrikaanse Republiek
Sentraal-Afrikaanse Republiek#Afrikaans

Initialism of Sentraal-Afrikaanse Republiek.


mor

af-verb

mor (present mor, present participle morende, past participle gemor)

mor (present)
morende (participle present)
gemor (participle past)


Kambodja

From Cambodja, inherited from Dutch Cambodja, from French Cambodge or Portuguese Camboja.

Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia; capital: Phnom Penh)


Kanada

Canada (a country in North America; capital: Ottawa)


skip

head

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.


nul

From Dutch nul, from Middle Dutch nul, from Middle French nul or Italian nulla, from Latin nūllus.


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.


toon

af-verb

toon (present toon, present participle tonende, past participle getoon)

toon (present)
tonende (participle present)
getoon (participle past)

From Dutch tonen, from Middle Dutch tônen, from Old Dutch *tōnen.


probeer

probeer (present probeer, present participle proberende, past participle probeer or geprobeer)

probeer (present)
proberende (participle present)
probeer (participle past)
geprobeer (participle past)

From Dutch proberen, from Middle Dutch proberen, from Latin probō.


ses

From Dutch zes, from Middle Dutch ses, from Old Dutch *ses, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.


aan

From Dutch aan, from Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana.


aan

at, against, for, in, by, near, next to, on


tuin

head

tuin (plural tuine, diminutive tuintjie)

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


klein

af-adj

klein (attributive klein, comparative kleiner, superlative kleinste)

klein (attributive)
kleiner (comparative)
kleinste (superlative)
klein (attributive positive predicative)
kleine (attributive independent positive singular)
kleines (attributive independent plural positive)
kleins (partitive positive)
kleiner (attributive comparative predicative)
kleinere (attributive comparative independent singular)
kleineres (attributive comparative independent plural)
kleiners (comparative partitive)
kleinste (attributive predicative superlative)
kleinste (singular superlative)
kleinstes (attributive independent plural superlative)

Inherited from Dutch klein, from Middle Dutch cleine, from Old Dutch cleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī.


adres

head

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).


neuk

af-verb

neuk (present neuk, present participle neukende, past participle geneuk)

neuk (present)
neukende (participle present)
geneuk (participle past)

From Dutch neuken. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hnukāną.


mooi

af-adj

mooi (attributive mooi, comparative mooier, superlative mooiste)

mooi (attributive)
mooier (comparative)
mooiste (superlative)
mooi (attributive positive predicative)
mooie (attributive independent positive singular)
mooies (attributive independent plural positive)
moois (partitive positive)
mooier (attributive comparative predicative)
mooiere (attributive comparative independent singular)
mooieres (attributive comparative independent plural)
mooiers (comparative partitive)
mooiste (attributive predicative superlative)
mooiste (singular superlative)
mooistes (attributive independent plural superlative)


sonde

head

sonde (plural sondes, diminutive sondetjie)


snert

Jy praat snert!


vas

af-adj

vas (attributive vaste, comparative vaster, superlative vasste)

vaste (attributive)
vaster (comparative)
vasste (superlative)

From Dutch vast, from Middle Dutch vast, from Old Dutch fast, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.


Brit

head

Brit (plural Britte, diminutive Britjie)

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


dit

From Dutch dit (“this”), from Middle Dutch dit, from Old Dutch thit.

1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function

chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence

Dit lyk baie moeilik.

it, this, that (subject and object)
referring to the context

Dit is ’n huis.

referring to something seen or heard in the real world

Sy het my die boek gegee, maar ek het dit nog nie gelees nie.

She gave me the book, but I haven’t read it yet.

referring to non-personal singular nouns


vol

af-adj

vol (attributive volle, comparative voller, superlative volste)

volle (attributive)
voller (comparative)
volste (superlative)


loop

af-verb

loop (present loop, present participle lopende, past participle geloop)

loop (present)
lopende (participle present)
geloop (participle past)

From Dutch lopen, from Middle Dutch lôpen, from Old Dutch lōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).


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


kan

From Dutch kan, singular of kunnen, from Middle Dutch cunnen, from Old Dutch cunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.


rib

head

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.


swart

af-adj

swart </b>or (chiefly of people or in figurative use)<b> swarte

swart (attributive swart or (chiefly of people or in figurative use) swarte, comparative swarter, superlative swartste)

swart (attributive)
swarte (attributive)
swarter (comparative)
swartste (superlative)
swart (positive predicative)
swart (attributive positive)
swarte (attributive positive)
swarte (attributive independent positive singular)
swartes (attributive independent plural positive)
swarts (partitive positive)
swarter (attributive comparative predicative)
swartere (attributive comparative independent singular)
swarteres (attributive comparative independent plural)
swarters (comparative partitive)
swartste (attributive predicative superlative)
swartste (singular superlative)
swartstes (attributive independent plural superlative)

From Dutch zwart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz.

’n swart kat

’n swart(e) dag

’n swart(e) vriend


Rusland

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


dors

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


dors

Is u kinders dors?


dors

af-verb

dors (present dors, present participle dorstende, past participle gedors)

dors (present)
dorstende (participle present)
gedors (participle past)

From Dutch dorsten, from Middle Dutch dorsten, from Old Dutch thursten.

(intransitive) to thirst [with na ‘after’]


dors

dors (present dors, present participle dorsende, past participle gedors)

dors (present)
dorsende (participle present)
gedors (participle past)

From Dutch dorsen, from Middle Dutch derschen, dorschen, from Old Dutch *threscan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną.


salamander

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

salamander, amphibian of the order Caudata


groot

af-adj

groot (attributive groot, comparative groter, superlative grootste)

groot (attributive)
groter (comparative)
grootste (superlative)
groot (attributive positive predicative)
grote (attributive independent positive singular)
grotes (attributive independent plural positive)
groots (partitive positive)
groter (attributive comparative predicative)
grotere (attributive comparative independent singular)
groteres (attributive comparative independent plural)
groters (comparative partitive)
grootste (attributive predicative superlative)
grootste (singular superlative)
grootstes (attributive independent plural superlative)

Hoofstede is groot en lawaaierig.


diamant

head

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”).


eerlik

af-adj

eerlik (attributive eerlike, comparative eerliker, superlative eerlikste)

eerlike (attributive)
eerliker (comparative)
eerlikste (superlative)

From Dutch eerlijk. Equivalent to eer (“honour”) + -lik.


taal

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


rond

rond (attributive ronde, comparative ronder, superlative rondste)

ronde (attributive)
ronder (comparative)
rondste (superlative)

From Dutch rond, from Middle Dutch ront, from Old French reont, from Latin rotundus.

round (circular, cylindrical or spherical)


nuut

nuut (attributive nuwe, comparative nuwer, superlative nuutste)

nuwe (attributive)
nuwer (comparative)
nuutste (superlative)

From dialectal Dutch nuw, alternative form of nieuw derived from the inflected stem of Middle Dutch nie, nuwe, from Old Dutch niuwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz. The predicative form nuut is from Middle Dutch nuwt, which may originally have been a neuter declension form, but whose generalization (in several dialects of Dutch) was at least reinforced by the inflectional parallelism oud, ouwe (“old”) vis-à-vis nuut, nuwe (“new”).

new (used to distinguish something recent from something already existing)


koud

koud (attributive koue, comparative kouer, superlative koudste)

koue (attributive)
kouer (comparative)
koudste (superlative)
koud (positive predicative)
koue (attributive positive)
koue (positive singular)
koues (attributive independent plural positive)
kouds (partitive positive)
kouer (attributive comparative predicative)
kouere (attributive comparative independent singular)
koueres (attributive comparative independent plural)
kouers (comparative partitive)
koudste (attributive predicative superlative)
koudste (singular superlative)
koudstes (attributive independent plural superlative)

From Dutch koud, from Middle Dutch cout, from Old Dutch *kalt, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

Dis baie koud.


Afganistan

Alternative spelling of Afghanistan: Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


sending

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


Montenegro

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


danser

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


Amerika

America (the continents of North America and South America)

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


tel

af-verb

tel (present tel, present participle telende, past participle tellende)

tel (present)
telende (participle present)
tellende (participle past)

From Dutch tellen, from Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.


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


B

The second letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


C

The third letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


D

The fourth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


E

The fifth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Est

Estonian (person from Estonia or of Estonian descent)


F

The sixth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Fin

head

Fin (plural Finne, diminutive Finnetjie)

Finn (person from Finland or of Finnish descent)


G

The seventh letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


H

The eighth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


I

The ninth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


J

The tenth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


K

The eleventh letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


KI

kunsmatige intelligensie
kunsmatige intelligensie#Afrikaans


Karoo

The vast plain in South Africa that borders the Kalahari Desert.


Kuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


L

The twelfth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


M

The thirteenth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


N

The fourteenth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


O

The fifteenth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Ora

From toponym Orania (“a town in South Africa”), from Oranje (“a river in South Africa”). Influenced by Latin aurum (“gold”).

The local currency of Orania, an Afrikaner enclave in South Africa.


P

The sixteenth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Pool

Pole (person from Poland or of Polish descent)


Pools

af-adj

Pools (attributive Poolse, not comparable)

Inherited from Dutch Pools, equivalent to Pool + -s.

Polish (of, from, or pertaining to Poland, the Polish people or the Polish language)


Q

The seventeenth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


R

The eighteenth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Rabat

Rabat (the capital city of Morocco, and capital city of the region of Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Morocco)


S

The nineteenth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Swede

From Dutch Zweden, from Middle Dutch Zweden, Sweden.


T

The twentieth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Turks

Turks (attributive Turkse, not comparable)

Inherited from Dutch Turks, equivalent to Turk + -s.

Turkish (of, from, or pertaining to Turkey, the Turks or the Turkish language)


U

The twenty-first letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


V

The twenty-second letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


W

The twenty-third letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Y

The twenty-fifth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Z

The twenty-sixth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.


plato

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


nartjie

head

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”).


Frans

af-adj

Frans (attributive Franse, not comparable)

French (of, from, or pertaining to France, the French people or the French language)


Frans

French (the language spoken by the French people)


jogurt

head

jogurt (plural jogurts, diminutive jogurtjie)

From Dutch yoghurt, from Turkish yoğurt.


Marokko

Morocco (a country in North Africa; capital: Rabat)


graf

From Dutch graf and graft (see the plural).


kors

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


Bagdad

Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)
Baghdad (a governorate of Iraq)


fees

Dit was 'n fees om jou te hoor speel.


fees

af-verb

fees (present fees, present participle feestende, past participle gefees)

fees (present)
feestende (participle present)
gefees (participle past)

(uncommon, intransitive) to fete; to partake in a festival or feast


stigting

head

stigting (plural stigtings or stigtinge (dated))

stigtings (plural)
stigtinge (dated plural)

From Dutch stichting. Equivalent to stig + -ing.


dink

af-verb

dink (present dink, present participle denkende, past dag or dog, past participle gedag or gedog or gedink)

dink (present)
denkende (participle present)
dag (past)
dog (past)
gedag (participle past)
gedog (participle past)
gedink (participle past)

From Dutch dinken, a regional variant of denken.

Ons het gedag dat die behoefte om te pleit om 'n dergelike samewerikng […]

[…] ek het gedag dat met my man se dood dit sal nou tot niet geraak het.

1951, Suid-Afrikaanse Hofverslae, volume 3, page 79:

Hy het gedag/gedog/gedink ek sou eers môre kom.

1993, A Grammar of Afrikaans, Bruce Donaldson, page 223:


ot

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


nog

From Dutch nog, from Middle Dutch noch, from Old Dutch noch (“until now, still”), from Proto-Germanic *nuh (“still”, literally “now too”), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”) + *-kʷe- (“and, also”).


verlies

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


grot

head

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).


jok

af-verb

jok (present jok, present participle jokkende, past participle gejok)

jok (present)
jokkende (participle present)
gejok (participle past)

From Dutch jokken. Possibly influenced or reinforced by English joke, but the meaning “to joke” also existed in early modern Dutch.

Jy moenie jok vir jou ouers nie!

(intransitive) to fib, to tell (often irrelevant or inconsequential) lies

Jy moenie jok hier nie, hierdie is 'n ernstige sakedistrik.

You shouldn't joke around here, this is a serious business district.


Belg

Belgian (person from Belgium or of Belgian descent)


anders

Aristoteles het anders gesterf as wat die meeste mense dink.

Aristotle died differently than most people think.

Ek respekteer nie mense wat anders as ek dink nie.

I don't respect people who think differently to me.

Hy moet geopereer word, anders gaan hy dood.

He must be operated, otherwise he'll die.


anders

Niemand anders het dit geweet nie.

partitive form of ander: else, other, different


-heid

From Dutch -heid, from Middle Dutch -heit, from Old Dutch -heid, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz.

-ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective.


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

head

boer (plural boere, diminutive boertjie)

→ English: Boer

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


boer

af-verb

boer (present boer, present participle boerende, past participle geboer)

boer (present)
boerende (participle present)
geboer (participle past)

Hy boer daar by haar huis.

To continuously encounter someone at a specific place

Hy't die heel middag by daardie meisie geboer.

He stayed over at that girl['s place] the whole afternoon.

Moenie op 'n vraag boer nie.


waar

From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch waer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.


waar

From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz.


rug

head

rug (plural rûe or rûens, diminutive ruggie)

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

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


sommer

From Dutch zomaar, with vowel reduction.

Hy sê: Moenie laf wees nie, dit was sommer kanonskote vir koningin Victoria se verjaardag, dis Engeland se skip wat in die hawe lê.

2003, Dalene Matthee, Toorbos, Tafelberg, page 255:

He said, Don't be silly; that was just cannon shots for Queen Victoria's birthday; that's an English ship there in the harbour.


kort

af-adj

kort (attributive kort, comparative korter, superlative kortste)

kort (attributive)
korter (comparative)
kortste (superlative)
kort (attributive positive predicative)
korte (attributive independent positive singular)
kortes (attributive independent plural positive)
korts (partitive positive)
korter (attributive comparative predicative)
kortere (attributive comparative independent singular)
korteres (attributive comparative independent plural)
korters (comparative partitive)
kortste (attributive predicative superlative)
kortste (singular superlative)
kortstes (attributive independent plural superlative)

From Dutch kort, from Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.


plafon

From Dutch plafond, from French plafond.


fundi

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


ryk

ryk </b>or (chiefly in figurative use)<b> ryke

ryk (attributive ryk or (chiefly in figurative use) ryke, comparative ryker, superlative rykste)

ryk (attributive)
ryke (attributive)
ryker (comparative)
rykste (superlative)
ryk (positive predicative)
ryk (attributive positive)
ryke (attributive positive)
ryke (attributive independent positive singular)
rykes (attributive independent plural positive)
ryks (partitive positive)
ryker (attributive comparative predicative)
rykere (attributive comparative independent singular)
rykeres (attributive comparative independent plural)
rykers (comparative partitive)
rykste (attributive predicative superlative)
rykste (singular superlative)
rykstes (attributive independent plural superlative)


Kirgistan

Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China; capital: Bisjkek)


Ljubljana

Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)


lê

af-verb

lê (present lê, present participle liggende, past participle gelê)

lê (present)
liggende (participle present)
gelê (participle past)

From a merger of Dutch leggen (“to lay”) and liggen (“to lie”). Formally, the forms with -ê- are from leggen, while the alternative present participle is from liggen (as is the lexicalised past participle geleë).

Hy lê op die bed.

(intransitive) to lie (to be in a horizontal position)

Hy lê sy tas op die bed.

(transitive) to lay (to put into a horizontal position)


Fidji

Inherited from Dutch Fiji, from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti ("east, sunrise").

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania; capital: Suva)


sus

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


voëlvry

af-adj

voëlvry (attributive voëlvrye, not comparable)


donga

→ English: donga

→ German: Donga


Madagaskar

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa; capital: Antananarivo)


Tsjad

Chad (a country in Central Africa; capital: N'Djamena)


Luxemburg

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)

Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


Nederland

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


Libanon

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; capital: Beiroet)


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).


België

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


Tokio

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”).

ja-r

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)


Openbaring

(biblical) Revelation; the biblical book, Revelation


gebed

head

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

Nes jy, is ek klaar met skool.

Jy moet skiet nes hy omdraai.

You must shoot as soon as he turns around.

as soon as; just as something is about to do something


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


nes

af-verb

nes (present nes, present participle nestende, past participle genes)

nes (present)
nestende (participle present)
genes (participle past)


foto

head

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

/ˈfʊə̯.tʊə̯/


sku

af-adj

sku (attributive skuwe, comparative skuwer, superlative skuuste)

skuwe (attributive)
skuwer (comparative)
skuuste (superlative)

From Dutch schuw, from Middle Dutch schu.


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.


Suid-Afrika

From suid (“south”) + Afrika (“Africa”).

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa; capitals: Pretoria, Kaapstad, and Bloemfontein)


Katar

Qatar (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; capital: Doha)


boks

af-verb

boks (present boks, present participle boksende, past participle geboks)

boks (present)
boksende (participle present)
geboks (participle past)

to box; to fight with the fists, usually with protective gloves

Kom hier uit voor ek jou boks!

Get out of here before I hurt/punish you!

(colloquial) to strike; to punish; to hurt


ek het jou lief

LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-ek het jou lief.wav


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.


bruin

af-adj

bruin </b>or (of people alternatively)<b> bruine

bruin (attributive bruin or (of people alternatively) bruine, comparative bruiner, superlative bruinste)

bruin (attributive)
bruine (attributive)
bruiner (comparative)
bruinste (superlative)
bruin (positive predicative)
bruin (attributive positive)
bruine (attributive positive)
bruine (attributive independent positive singular)
bruines (attributive independent plural positive)
bruins (partitive positive)
bruiner (attributive comparative predicative)
bruinere (attributive comparative independent singular)
bruineres (attributive comparative independent plural)
bruiners (comparative partitive)
bruinste (attributive predicative superlative)
bruinste (singular superlative)
bruinstes (attributive independent plural superlative)

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


Russies

Russies (attributive Russiese, not comparable)

Russian (of, from, or pertaining to Russia, the Russian people or the Russian language)


daglig

From Dutch daglicht. Equivalent to dag + lig.


kop

→ English: kop

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


Windhoek

From wind (“wind”) + hoek (“corner, angle”).

Windhoek (a city, the capital city of Namibia)


toepassing

head

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

head

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)


bak

af-verb

bak (present bak, present participle bakkende, past participle gebak)

bak (present)
bakkende (participle present)
gebak (participle past)

From Dutch bakken, from Middle Dutch backen.


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.


skuld

skuld (present skuld, present participle skuldende, past participle geskuld)

skuld (present)
skuldende (participle present)
geskuld (participle past)

(transitive, ditransitive) to owe, to be indebted to


koffie

head

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”).


jammer

From Dutch jammer, from Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iamer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”).


jammer

af-adj

jammer (attributive jammer, not comparable)


vertaling

head

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

head

anker (plural ankers, diminutive ankertjie)

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


anker

af-verb

anker (present anker, present participle ankerende, past participle geanker)

anker (present)
ankerende (participle present)
geanker (participle past)


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”).


ver-

From Dutch ver-, a merger of two Middle Dutch prefixes:
* Middle Dutch er-, an unstressed variant of or- (modern oor- from Dutch oor-, not from Dutch over), from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-Germanic *uz-.
* Middle Dutch ver-, from Old Dutch fir-, itself from a merger of Proto-Germanic *firi-, *furi-, *fra- and other similar particles.

to do or to become what the stem (following this prefix) refers to

used to indicate that the action (referred to by the stem) has a negative connotation (for the direct object of the stem)

to move or change in the manner specified by the stem


maar

From Dutch maar, from Middle Dutch maer.

As ek maar [net] die dag kon af kry.

Werk is maar [bietjie] vervelig.

Ek gaan bietjie laat wees, so hou maar [asseblief] my kos warm.

I'll be a bit late, so please keep my food warm.

Sit maar [gerus].

Sy lyk maar [taamlik] siek.

Julle het julle tyd gevat, toe begin ons maar [solank] sonder julle.

You guys were taking your time, so we started without you so long.

Dit gaan maar [steeds] sleg.


maar

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

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


verdwyn

af-verb

verdwyn (present verdwyn, present participle verdwynende, past participle verdwyn)

verdwyn (present)
verdwynende (participle present)
verdwyn (participle past)


Kosovo

Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


aak

barge (type of ship that sails on rivers)


aalmoes

head

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).


skeef

af-adj

skeef (attributive skewe, comparative skewer, superlative skeefste)

skewe (attributive)
skewer (comparative)
skeefste (superlative)

Hierdie lyn is skeef geteken.

(a)skew, crooked, slanting, lopsided (not straight or symmetrical)


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.


vuur

af-verb

vuur (present vuur, present participle vuurende, past participle gevuur)

vuur (present)
vuurende (participle present)
gevuur (participle past)

From Dutch vuren, from Middle Dutch vuren (“to set on fire”), from Old Dutch *fiuron.


werk

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


werk

werk (present werk, present participle werkende, past participle gewerk)

werk (present)
werkende (participle present)
gewerk (participle past)

From Dutch werken, from Middle Dutch werken, from Old Dutch wirken, wirkon (“to work, make”), from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną (“to work, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-, *wreǵ- (“to work, act”).


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).


antwoord

af-verb

antwoord (present antwoord, present participle antwoordende, past participle geantwoord)

antwoord (present)
antwoordende (participle present)
geantwoord (participle past)


broer

head

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

head

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.


goud

af-adj

goud (attributive goue, comparative gouer, superlative goudste)

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


honger

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


honger

honger (attributive honger, not comparable)


honger

af-verb

honger (present honger, present participle hongerende, past participle gehonger)

honger (present)
hongerende (participle present)
gehonger (participle past)

From Dutch hongeren (“to (suffer) hunger; to desire strongly”), from Middle Dutch hongeren, from Old Dutch hungeren.

inh

(intransitive, figurative) to desire strongly, to hunger [with na ‘for/after’]


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

head

buurman (plural buurmanne, feminine buurvrou)

From Dutch buurman. Compound of buur + man.


droog

af-adj

droog (attributive droë, comparative droër, superlative droogste)

droë (attributive)
droër (comparative)
droogste (superlative)

From Dutch droog, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch *drōgi, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz.

Julle moet eers droë klere aantrek, voordat jul na buite gaan.

You must first put on dry clothes before you go outside.


droog

af-verb

droog (present droog, present participle drogende, past participle gedroog)

droog (present)
drogende (participle present)
gedroog (participle past)

From Dutch drogen, from Middle Dutch drôgen, from etymology 1.


donker

af-adj

donker (attributive donker, comparative donkerder, superlative donkerste)

donker (attributive)
donkerder (comparative)
donkerste (superlative)

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


donker

(with definite article) darkness, the dark


vroeg

vroeg (attributive vroeë, comparative vroeër, superlative vroegste)

vroeë (attributive)
vroeër (comparative)
vroegste (superlative)


druk

af-verb

druk (present druk, present participle drukkende, past participle gedruk)

druk (present)
drukkende (participle present)
gedruk (participle past)


druk

af-adj

druk (attributive druk or drukke, comparative drukker, superlative drukste)

druk (attributive)
drukke (attributive)
drukker (comparative)
drukste (superlative)


druk

head

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

head

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.


diep

af-adj

diep (attributive diep, comparative dieper, superlative diepste)

diep (attributive)
dieper (comparative)
diepste (superlative)
diep (attributive positive predicative)
diepe (attributive independent positive singular)
diepes (attributive independent plural positive)
dieps (partitive positive)
dieper (attributive comparative predicative)
diepere (attributive comparative independent singular)
dieperes (attributive comparative independent plural)
diepers (comparative partitive)
diepste (attributive predicative superlative)
diepste (singular superlative)
diepstes (attributive independent plural superlative)

From Dutch diep, from Middle Dutch diep, from Old Dutch diep, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-.


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).


gebruik

af-verb

gebruik (present gebruik, present participle gebruikende, past participle gebruik)

gebruik (present)
gebruikende (participle present)
gebruik (participle past)


grens

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


grens

grens (present grens, present participle grensende, past participle gegrens)

grens (present)
grensende (participle present)
gegrens (participle past)


gevaar

Hulle was in groot gevaar.


geur

From Dutch geur, from Middle Dutch gore.


geur

geur (present geur, present participle geurende, past participle gegeur)

geur (present)
geurende (participle present)
gegeur (participle past)

From Dutch geuren, from Middle Dutch goren.

(intransitive) to have a smell, to smell


groep

head

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.


ander

af-adj

ander (attributive ander, not comparable)

From Dutch ander Middle Dutch ander, from Old Dutch andar, from Proto-West Germanic *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz.

Het die ander kok dit ook gemaak?

As ek hierdie speelding maak, sal ek nie die ander een kan maak nie.

If I make this toy I won't be able to make the other one.

Ons kan dit in 'n ander manier doen.

Ons het vir haar gevra hoekom sy nie hierdie kat wou hê nie, maar sy was doodstil op 'n ander een.

We asked her why she didn't want this cat, but she was dead-set on a different one.


ander

Behandel ander soos jy behandel wil word.


beker

head

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.

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


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.


spel

af-verb

spel (present spel, present participle spellende, past participle gespel)

spel (present)
spellende (participle present)
gespel (participle past)

From Dutch spellen, from Middle Dutch spellen, from Old Dutch *spellon, from Proto-Germanic *spellōną.


olie

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


naald

head

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.


beter

From Dutch beter, from Middle Dutch beter, from Old Dutch betiro, from Proto-Germanic *batizô. The verb sense is a calque from English better, had better.


beter

Jy beter versigtig wees.

had better (used as an auxiliary verb to mean should; must)


goed

af-adj

goed (attributive goeie, comparative beter, superlative beste)

goeie (attributive)
beter (comparative)
beste (superlative)
goed (positive predicative)
goeie (attributive positive)
goeie (positive singular)
goeies (attributive independent plural positive)
goeds (partitive positive)
beter (attributive comparative predicative)
betere (attributive comparative independent singular)
beteres (attributive comparative independent plural)
beters (comparative partitive)
beste (attributive predicative superlative)
beste (singular superlative)
bestes (attributive independent plural superlative)

From Dutch goed, from Middle Dutch goet, from Old Dutch guot, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.


draad

head

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.


verf

af-verb

verf (present verf, present participle verwende, past participle geverf)

verf (present)
verwende (participle present)
geverf (participle past)

From Dutch verven, from Middle Dutch varwen, verwen.


vlieg

head

vlieg (plural vlieë, diminutive vliegie)


vlieg

af-verb

vlieg (present vlieg, present participle vlieënde, past participle gevlieg)

vlieg (present)
vlieënde (participle present)
gevlieg (participle past)


derde

af-adj

derde (attributive derde, not comparable)


eerste

eerste (attributive eerste, not comparable)


leeg

leeg (attributive leë, comparative leër, superlative leegste)

leë (attributive)
leër (comparative)
leegste (superlative)


sterk

sterk (attributive sterk or (seldom) sterke, comparative sterker, superlative sterkste)

sterk (attributive)
sterke (attributive)
sterker (comparative)
sterkste (superlative)
sterk (positive predicative)
sterk (attributive positive)
sterke (attributive positive)
sterke (attributive independent positive singular)
sterkes (attributive independent plural positive)
sterks (partitive positive)
sterker (attributive comparative predicative)
sterkere (attributive comparative independent singular)
sterkeres (attributive comparative independent plural)
sterkers (comparative partitive)
sterkste (attributive predicative superlative)
sterkste (singular superlative)
sterkstes (attributive independent plural superlative)


dagga

→ Dutch: dagga

→ English: dagga

→ German: Dagga


hoog

hoog (attributive hoë, comparative hoër, superlative hoogste)

hoë (attributive)
hoër (comparative)
hoogste (superlative)


geel

geel (attributive geel, comparative geler, superlative geelste)

geel (attributive)
geler (comparative)
geelste (superlative)
geel (attributive positive predicative)
gele (attributive independent positive singular)
geles (attributive independent plural positive)
geels (partitive positive)
geler (attributive comparative predicative)
gelere (attributive comparative independent singular)
geleres (attributive comparative independent plural)
gelers (comparative partitive)
geelste (attributive predicative superlative)
geelste (singular superlative)
geelstes (attributive independent plural superlative)


oranje

oranje (attributive oranje, comparative oranjier, superlative oranjeste)

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

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


genoeg

Dis genoeg!


melk

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


melk

af-verb

melk (present melk, present participle melkende, past participle gemelk)

melk (present)
melkende (participle present)
gemelk (participle past)

Inherited from Dutch melken, from Middle Dutch melken, from Old Dutch *melkan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną.


verhaal

From Dutch verhaal, from Middle Dutch verhael.


verjaardag

head

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.


vorm

af-verb

vorm (present vorm, present participle vormende, past participle gevorm)

vorm (present)
vormende (participle present)
gevorm (participle past)

From Dutch vormen, from Middle Dutch vormen.


vriend

head

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.


veilig

af-adj

veilig (attributive veilige, comparative veiliger, superlative veiligste)

veilige (attributive)
veiliger (comparative)
veiligste (superlative)

From Dutch veilig, from Middle Dutch veilich, from Proto-Germanic *failijaz (“true, familiar, good”).


laag

af-adj

laag (attributive lae, comparative laer, superlative laagste)

lae (attributive)
laer (comparative)
laagste (superlative)


laat

af-verb

laat (present laat, present participle latende, past participle gelaat)

laat (present)
latende (participle present)
gelaat (participle past)

From Dutch laten, from Middle Dutch laten, from Old Dutch lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną.

Laat ons dagga rook.
Let′s smoke weed.

(auxiliary, with (usually first-person) object) to let; forms a cohortative phrase.

Laat daar lig wees.

(auxiliary, with object) to may, to let; forms a optative phrase.

Hulle laat hul geld vir die kos op die tafel.

They leave their money for the food on the table.

(copulative) to leave, to cause to remain in the same position or state

Hy laat die bote vir die kus versamel.

(auxiliary, with object) to cause to, to make; forms a causative phrase.

Die burgemeester laat sy kinders 'n boomhuis bou.

The mayor allows his children to build a treehouse.

(auxiliary, with object) to let, to allow to


laat

af-adj

laat (attributive laat or late, comparative later, superlative laaste)

laat (attributive)
late (attributive)
later (comparative)
laaste (superlative)

From Dutch laat, from Middle Dutch laet, from Old Dutch *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz.


wanneer

From Dutch wanneer, from Middle Dutch wanneer, wan eer, from Old Dutch *wan ēr.


tweede

tweede (attributive tweede, not comparable)


oud

oud (attributive ou, comparative ouer, superlative oudste)

ou (attributive)
ouer (comparative)
oudste (superlative)
oud (positive predicative)
ou (attributive positive)
oue (attributive independent positive singular)
oues (attributive independent plural positive)
ouds (partitive positive)
ouer (attributive comparative predicative)
ouere (attributive comparative independent singular)
oueres (attributive comparative independent plural)
ouers (comparative partitive)
oudste (attributive predicative superlative)
oudste (singular superlative)
oudstes (attributive independent plural superlative)

From Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).


grond

head

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


kruis

af-verb

kruis (present kruis, present participle kruisende, past participle gekruis)

kruis (present)
kruisende (participle present)
gekruis (participle past)

From Dutch kruisen, from Middle Dutch crucen.


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

head

maat (plural maats or maters, diminutive maatjie)

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

→ English: maat


welkom

From Dutch welkom, from Proto-Germanic *weljakwumô.


helder

af-adj

helder (attributive helder, comparative helderder, superlative helderste)

helder (attributive)
helderder (comparative)
helderste (superlative)


gewoon

gewoon (attributive gewoon, comparative gewooner, superlative gewoonste)

gewoon (attributive)
gewooner (comparative)
gewoonste (superlative)


grof

grof (attributive growwe, comparative growwer, superlative grofste)

growwe (attributive)
growwer (comparative)
grofste (superlative)

From Dutch grof, from Middle Dutch grof, from Old Dutch *grof, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz.


geen

From Dutch geen, from Middle Dutch negeen.


vals

vals (attributive vals or valse, comparative valser, superlative valste)

vals (attributive)
valse (attributive)
valser (comparative)
valste (superlative)


rivier

head

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.


veel

From Dutch veel, from Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

baie

with a mostly complementary distribution

Sy weet nie veel nie, maar haar moeder wis baie veel.

She doesn't know much, but her mother really knew a lot

(chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, a lot


veel

Ons het nie veel perde nie.

(chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, many


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.


klaar

af-adj

klaar (attributive klare, comparative klaarder, superlative klaarste)

klare (attributive)
klaarder (comparative)
klaarste (superlative)

From Dutch klaar (“ready; finished; clear”), from Middle Dutch clâer (“bright, shining, ready, finished”), from Latin clārus (“bright”).


vreemd

af-adj

vreemd (attributive vreemde, comparative vreemder, superlative vreemdste)

vreemde (attributive)
vreemder (comparative)
vreemdste (superlative)

From Dutch vreemd, from Middle Dutch vremt, vreemt, from Old Dutch fremithi, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (“foreign, not one's own”), from Proto-Indo-European *perəm-, *prom- (“forth, forward”), from *por- (“forward, through”).


vloer

head

vloer (plural vloere, diminutive vloertjie)

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


Johannes

יוֹחָנָן יוחנן#Hebrew

a male given name from Late Latin Iōhannēs [in turn from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), in turn from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, “God is gracious”)], equivalent to English John


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.


Duitsland

From Dutch Duitsland, equivalent to Duits + land.


Spanje

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


Ierland

Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe)


Letland

Latvia (a country in Northern Europe; capital: Riga)


Wit-Rusland

From Dutch Wit-Rusland, equivalent to native wit + Rusland.

Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe; capital: Minsk)


Oekraïne

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea; capital: Kijif)


Switserland

From Dutch Zwitserland, equivalent to Switser + land.

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe; capital: Bern (de facto))


VSA

Verenigde State van Amerika
Verenigde State van Amerika#Afrikaans

USA (a country in North America); initialism of Verenigde State van Amerika (“United States of America”)


Kopenhagen

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


Londen

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Libië

Libya (a country in North Africa; capital: Tripoli)


Noord-Amerika

North America
North America#English:_Q49


Amerikaans

af-adj

Amerikaans (attributive Amerikaanse, not comparable)


tikfout

head

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

head

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

af-verb

kus (present kus, present participle kussende, past participle gekus)

kus (present)
kussende (participle present)
gekus (participle past)

From Dutch kussen, from Middle Dutch cussen, from Old Dutch kussen, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną. Cognate with English kiss, German küssen, and Danish kysse.

Sy steek 'n hand na hom uit, en vir 'n oomblik oorweeg hy om dit galant te kus.

2012, Pieter Aspe, Vierkant van die wraak, LAPA:

She holds a hand in front of him, and for a moment he considers kissing it gallantly.


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

head

aanvaller (plural aanvallers, diminutive aanvallertjie)

aanvallers (plural)
aanvallertjie (diminutive)


staan

af-verb

staan (present staan, present participle staande, past participle gestaan)

staan (present)
staande (participle present)
gestaan (participle past)

From Dutch staan, from Middle Dutch stâen, from Old Dutch stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stān, from Proto-Germanic *stāną.

Jou, staan op!


ondergaan

ondergaan (present ondergaan, present participle ondergaande, past participle ondergaan)

ondergaan (present)
ondergaande (participle present)
ondergaan (participle past)

From Dutch ondergáán, from Middle Dutch ondergaen. Equivalent to onder- + gaan.


ondergaan

ondergaan (present gaan onder, present participle ondergaande, past participle ondergegaan)

gaan onder (present)
ondergaande (participle present)
ondergegaan (participle past)

From Dutch óndergaan, from Middle Dutch ondergaen. Equivalent to onder + gaan.

Die son gaan onder.


komkommer

head

komkommer (plural komkommers, diminutive komkommertjie)

komkommers (plural)
komkommertjie (diminutive)

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


sê

af-verb

sê (present sê, present participle seggende, past participle gesê)

sê (present)
seggende (participle present)
gesê (participle past)

From Dutch zeggen, from Middle Dutch seggen, from Old Dutch *seggen, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.


naartjie

head

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.


onder

From Dutch onder, from Middle Dutch onder, from Old Dutch under, from Proto-Germanic *under.


duif

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


ewig

af-adj

ewig (attributive ewige, comparative ewiger, superlative ewigste)

ewige (attributive)
ewiger (comparative)
ewigste (superlative)

From Dutch eeuwig, from Middle Dutch êwich, from Old Dutch ēwig.


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

head

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.


Indies

af-adj

Indies (attributive Indiese, not comparable)

Inherited from Dutch Indisch, equivalent to Indië + -ies.

Indian (of, from, or pertaining to India or the Indian people)


Georgië

Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe; capital: Tbilisi)


Cambodja

Obsolete spelling of Kambodja.: Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia)


Jordanië

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; capital: Amman)


Armenië

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe; capital: Jerewan)


Kameroen

Cameroon (a country in Central Africa; capital: Yaoundé)


Maleisië

Koeala Loempoer
Koeala Loempoer#Afrikaans

Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia; capital: Koeala Loempoer)


Ethiopië

Ethiopia (a country in East Africa; capital: Addis Abeba)


Indonesië

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia; capital: Djakarta)


Indië

From Dutch Indië, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

India (a country in South Asia; capital: Nieu-Delhi)


Koeweit

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Kuwait City (the capital city of Kuwait)


Kazachstan

Alternative form of Kazakstan: Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Namibië

Republiek van Namibië
Republiek van Namibië#Afrikaans

Namibia (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Republiek van Namibië; capital: Windhoek)


Somalië

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa; capital: Mogadisjoe)


Soedan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa; capital: Kartoem)


Oeganda

Alternative spelling of Uganda: Uganda (a country in East Africa)


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.


jou

From Dutch jou. Also related to English you.


jou

In jou atmosfeer.

2016, “In Jou Atmosfeer”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?, performed by Kurt Darren, South Africa:


paal

→ Tsonga: pala

→ Xhosa: ipala

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


vierde

af-adj

vierde (attributive vierde, not comparable)


negende

negende (attributive negende, not comparable)


tiende

tiende (attributive tiende, not comparable)


elfde

elfde (attributive elfde, not comparable)


twaalfde

twaalfde (attributive twaalfde, not comparable)


dertiende

dertiende (attributive dertiende, not comparable)


veertiende

veertiende (attributive veertiende, not comparable)


negentiende

negentiende (attributive negentiende, not comparable)


twintigste

twintigste (attributive twintigste, not comparable)


-eer

From Dutch -eren, from Middle Dutch -eren, from Middle French -er or Old French -er, from Latin -āre.

Part of the root derived mainly from French and Latin, e.g. informeer from French to inform, originally the infinitive ending of such French verbs.


ek is lief vir jou

LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-ek is lief vir jou.wav


Dubliner

head

Dubliner (plural Dubliners, diminutive Dublinertjie)

Dubliners (plural)
Dublinertjie (diminutive)


lees

af-verb

lees (present lees, present participle lesende, past participle gelees)

lees (present)
lesende (participle present)
gelees (participle past)

From Dutch lezen, from Middle Dutch lēsen (“to collect, gather, read”), from Old Dutch lesan (“to gather, read”), from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”).


skep

af-verb

skep (present skep, present participle skeppende, past participle geskep or geskape)

skep (present)
skeppende (participle present)
geskep (participle past)
geskape (participle past)

From Dutch scheppen, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną.

Waarom het God die wêreld geskape?

(religion, of God) to create, call into existence


skel

skel (present skel, present participle skellende, past participle geskel)

skel (present)
skellende (participle present)
geskel (participle past)

From Dutch schelden, from Middle Dutch schelden, from Old Dutch skeldan, from Proto-Germanic *skeldaną.


kar

head

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.


tussen

From Dutch tusschen, from Middle Dutch twisschen, tusschen, a shortening of Old Dutch intwiskan, originally a prepositional phrase *in twiskan. The latter word is from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz, *twiskijaz (“twofold, double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly; in two”).


mol

head

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.


sool

af-verb

sool (present sool, present participle solend, past participle gesool)

sool (present)
solend (participle present)
gesool (participle past)


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.


mog

(archaic) preterite of mag; was allowed to


AWB

Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (Afrikaner Resistance Movement)


kil

af-adj

kil (attributive kil, comparative kiler, superlative kilste)

kil (attributive)
kiler (comparative)
kilste (superlative)

From Dutch kil, from Middle Dutch kille.

cold, chilly (of temperatures, weather, etc.)


volk

head

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

head

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.


haat

af-verb

haat (present haat, present participle hatende, past participle gehaat)

haat (present)
hatende (participle present)
gehaat (participle past)

From Dutch haten, from Middle Dutch hāten, from Old Dutch haton, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną.


hertog

head

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

af-verb

groet (present groet, present participle groetende, past participle gegroet)

groet (present)
groetende (participle present)
gegroet (participle past)

From Dutch groeten, from Middle Dutch groeten, from Old Dutch *gruoten, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną.


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.


kroon

kroon (present kroon, present participle kronende, past participle gekroon)

kroon (present)
kronende (participle present)
gekroon (participle past)

From Dutch kronen, from Middle Dutch crônen.


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.


droom

droom (present droom, present participle dromende, past participle gedroom)

droom (present)
dromende (participle present)
gedroom (participle past)

From Dutch dromen, from Old Dutch *drōmen, from Proto-Germanic *draumijaną.


breuk

head

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.


doof

af-adj

doof (attributive dowe, comparative dower, superlative doofste)

dowe (attributive)
dower (comparative)
doofste (superlative)


Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)


Honiara

Honiara (the capital city of the Solomon Islands)


Bandar Seri Begawan

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Bandar Seri Begawan.

ubor

Bandar Seri Begawan
Bandar Seri Begawan#English

Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city of Brunei)


Thimphu

Borrowed from Dzongkha ཐིམ་ཕུ (thim phu).


Addis Abeba

Addis Ababa, Addis Abeba (the capital city of Ethiopia)


roer

head

roer (plural roers, diminutive roertjie)

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


ruim

af-adj

ruim (attributive ruim, comparative ruimer, superlative ruimste)

ruim (attributive)
ruimer (comparative)
ruimste (superlative)

From Dutch ruim, from Middle Dutch ruum, from Old Dutch *rūm (in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz.


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.


ru

ru (attributive ruwe, comparative ruwer, superlative ruuste)

ruwe (attributive)
ruwer (comparative)
ruuste (superlative)

From Dutch ruw, from Middle Dutch ruuch, ru, from Old Dutch *rūh, from Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz. See the Dutch entry for more.


regering

head

regering (plural regerings or regeringe (dated))

regerings (plural)
regeringe (dated plural)

/rəˈχɪə̯.rəŋ/

From Dutch regering, equivalent to regeer + -ing.


Andorra la Vella

Andorra la Vella
Andorra la Vella#English

Andorra la Vella (the capital city of Andorra)


Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou (the capital city of Burkina Faso)


Bangui

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English

Bangui (the capital city of the Central African Republic)


Moroni

Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)


Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Brazzaville (the capital city of the Republic of the Congo)


Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


Yamoussoukro

Yamoussoukro (the official and administrative capital of Ivory Coast)


Abidjan

Abidjan (the de facto capital and largest city of Ivory Coast)


Malabo

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English

Malabo (the capital city of Equatorial Guinea)


Bissau

Bissau (the capital city of Guinea-Bissau)


bakkie

→ English: bakkie


middag

From Dutch middag, from Middle Dutch middach.


bergie

(informal) a homeless person in Cape Town


Bahrein

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf; capital: Manama)


gars

→ Xhosa: írhási

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


siet

af-verb

siet (present siet, present participle siende, past participle gesiet)

siet (present)
siende (participle present)
gesiet (participle past)

From Dutch ziet, third-person singular present of zien, whence Afrikaans sien.

(Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of sien


hawe

head

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.


ry

af-verb

ry (present ry, present participle ryende, past participle gery)

ry (present)
ryende (participle present)
gery (participle past)


sien

sien (present sien, present participle siende or sienende, past participle gesien)

sien (present)
siende (participle present)
sienende (participle present)
gesien (participle past)

From Dutch zien, from Middle Dutch sien, from Old Dutch sian, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).


bou

af-verb

bou (present bou, present participle bouende, past participle gebou)

bou (present)
bouende (participle present)
gebou (participle past)

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


bou

building, construction (activity of building)


piramide

head

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.


buk

af-verb

buk (present buk, present participle bukkende, past participle gebuk)

buk (present)
bukkende (participle present)
gebuk (participle past)

From Dutch bukken, from Middle Dutch bucken, from Old Dutch *bukken, from Proto-Germanic *bukkijaną.


kruk

From Dutch kruk, from Middle Dutch crucke.


vesel

head

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”).


niemand

From Dutch niemand, from Middle Dutch nieman, from Old Dutch nieman.


lewe

lewe (plural lewes or lewens, diminutive lewetjie)

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

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


lewe

af-verb

lewe (present lewe, present participle lewende, past participle gelewe)

lewe (present)
lewende (participle present)
gelewe (participle past)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


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

head

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


krap

af-verb

krap (present krap, present participle krappende, past participle gekrap)

krap (present)
krappende (participle present)
gekrap (participle past)

From Dutch krabben, from Middle Dutch crabben, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krabbōną.

to write quickly, sloppily and illegibly

Hy krap alweer in haar goed.

He is rummaging through her things again.

to rummage; to search for something either for the sake of finding something or out of curiosity


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.


huur

huur (present huur, present participle huurende, past participle gehuur)

huur (present)
huurende (participle present)
gehuur (participle past)


gelukkig

af-adj

gelukkig (attributive gelukkige, comparative gelukkiger, superlative gelukkigste)

gelukkige (attributive)
gelukkiger (comparative)
gelukkigste (superlative)

From Dutch gelukkig, from Middle Dutch geluckig.


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.


siek

siek (attributive siek, comparative sieker, superlative siekste)

siek (attributive)
sieker (comparative)
siekste (superlative)
siek (attributive positive predicative)
sieke (attributive independent positive singular)
siekes (attributive independent plural positive)
sieks (partitive positive)
sieker (attributive comparative predicative)
siekere (attributive comparative independent singular)
siekeres (attributive comparative independent plural)
siekers (comparative partitive)
siekste (attributive predicative superlative)
siekste (singular superlative)
siekstes (attributive independent plural superlative)

From Dutch ziek (“sick”), from Middle Dutch siek (“sick”), from Old Dutch *sioc (“sick”), from Proto-Germanic *seukaz (“sick”), from the verb *seukaną (“to be sick”), from Proto-Indo-European *seug- (“to be troubled or grieved”).


Eva

a female given name, equivalent to English Eve


mossie

head

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)


stukkend

af-adj

stukkend (attributive stukkende, comparative stukkender, superlative stukkendste)

stukkende (attributive)
stukkender (comparative)
stukkendste (superlative)


kaalgat

kaalgat (attributive kaalgat, not comparable)

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


kaalgat

head

kaalgat (plural kaalgatte, diminutive kaalgatjie)

kaalgatte (plural)
kaalgatjie (diminutive)


gatvol

af-adj

gatvol (attributive gatvolle, comparative gatvoller, superlative gatvolste)

gatvolle (attributive)
gatvoller (comparative)
gatvolste (superlative)


lapa

head

lapa (plural lapas, diminutive lapatjie)


ly

af-verb

ly (present ly, present participle lydende or (rare) lyende, past participle gely)

ly (present)
lydende (participle present)
lyende (participle present rare)
gely (participle past)

From Dutch lijden, from Middle Dutch liden, from Old Dutch līthan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną.


stoom

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


wrang

af-adj

wrang (attributive wrang or wrange, comparative wranger, superlative wrangste)

wrang (attributive)
wrange (attributive)
wranger (comparative)
wrangste (superlative)

From written Dutch wrang. Doublet of vrank (“tart, sour”), which is the more strictly native form.


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”).


versin

af-verb

versin (present versin, present participle versinnende, past participle versin)

versin (present)
versinnende (participle present)
versin (participle past)

From Dutch verzinnen, from Middle Dutch versinnen.


baie

From Malay banyak (“many; very”), likely combining the influence of the unrelated Low German bannig (“very”).

Haar baas is baie lelik.


baie

veel

more or less in complementary distribution

Daar is baie besoekers op die mark.

Sy koop baie tydskrifte in die kiosk.

She is buying a lot of magazines at the news stand.

In die winter stroom baie water die vlei in.

A lot of water is flowing into the valley in winter.

(with positive polarity, when not modified by adverbs) many, much, a lot of


baie

Ons het baie gehad om te bespreek.

(with positive polarity, when not modified by adverbs) a lot, much


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.


edel

af-adj

edel (attributive edele or edel, comparative edeler, superlative edelste)

edele (attributive)
edel (attributive)
edeler (comparative)
edelste (superlative)
edel (positive predicative)
edele (attributive positive)
edel (attributive positive)
edele (attributive independent positive singular)
edeles (attributive independent plural positive)
edels (partitive positive)
edeler (attributive comparative predicative)
edelere (attributive comparative independent singular)
edeleres (attributive comparative independent plural)
edelers (comparative partitive)
edelste (attributive predicative superlative)
edelste (singular superlative)
edelstes (attributive independent plural superlative)


kooi

head

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.


rus

af-verb

rus (present rus, present participle rustende, past participle gerus)

rus (present)
rustende (participle present)
gerus (participle past)

From Dutch rusten, from Middle Dutch rusten.

Ek sal nie rus nie.


cabochon

head

cabochon (plural cabochons or cabochonne)


langs

From Dutch langs, from Middle Dutch langes.


Kenia

Kenya (a country in East Africa; capital: Nairobi)


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


iemand

From Dutch iemand, from Middle Dutch ieman, iemant, from Old Dutch ieman, *ioman.


ieder

(rather rare, literary) everyone; everybody


ieder

in ieder geval

(in expressions only) Alternative form of iedere (“every”)


soms

From Dutch soms, from Middle Dutch soms.


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.


nooit

→ English: nooit

From Dutch nooit, from Middle Dutch nooit.

Sy sing nooit.

Die goedere is nooit op die bestemming aangekom nie.

The goods never arrived at the destination.


paling

paling (plural palings, diminutive palinkie)

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