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Look up a Afrikaans word and see what it means in English — with pronunciation, part of speech and example sentences, not just a bare equivalent.

All Afrikaans words, A–Z

messenger from a deity

Kingdom in southeastern Britain, one of the constituent countries of the UK

plants of genus Angelica

to acknowledge as something

plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable

book of the Bible

country in Eastern Africa

person devoted to studying philosophy

to have sexual intercourse—obscene or vulgar

ineffective person

biological process

containing no mistakes — see also flawless

to depart (intransitive)

decapod crustacean

short, loud, explosive utterance

not whole; fragmented

way matter or systems behave

contented, joyous

gemoedsbekakking

psychology: state of mind

person from the U.S. state of Georgia

mechanical device intended to make a task easier

followed by "from": not together with

rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species

not having sexual characteristics

expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people

that which follows something on which it depends

miscellaneous items; things

miscellaneous items; things

a colloquial name for various arthropods and other similar creeping creatures

unit of measurement of temperature

having green as its colour

acting in haste; being too hurried or quick

in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do

small bag for carrying personal items

that which is, or may be, held in a hand at once

master of a household

tax, property or people so levied

person who uses magic

protective head covering

plant-eating animal

day an exact number of years since an event

someone who watches over or guides

in, on, or at this place

spasm of the diaphragm

uncastrated male horse

pertaining to history

geometrical figure

(interrogative) for what reason

homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian

of, from, or pertaining to Hungary

to perceive with the ear

have its proper place

growth on the heads of certain animals

provision of palliative care for the terminally ill

provision of palliative care for the terminally ill

archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet

a tag with a hash sign

country — see also Republic of Ireland

non-real part of a complex number

born or engendered in, native to a land or region

access to a resource for a period of time

characterized by irony

word used to indicate agreement or acceptance

time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun

male given name (the standard form)

male given name (the standard form)

male given name (the standard form)

male given name (the standard form)

male given name (the standard form)

male given name

of or relating to Japan

of or relating to Japan

the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany

former country in the Balkans

male given name

male given name

tenth sūra of the Qurʾān

Joodse Volksmoord

the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany

object pronoun: the person being addressed

subject pronoun: the person being addressed

group of ministers

capital of Egypt — see also Fustat

coarse slang for toilet — see also toilet

bird in the genus Meleagris

toothed implement for grooming the hair

interjection to make a polite request

bird from the Canary Islands

Cinnamomum verum

mark to prevent reuse

socio-economic system based on the abstraction of resources

meat-eating animal

any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae

enclosed storage

autonomous community in Spain

toad or frog larva

supervising young children

thing of little importance or worth

one working with records etc.

particular set of the visible spectrum

association of members

heavy stick for use as weapon or plaything

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