Every Afrikaans word

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• APARTHEIDnounAfrikaans40 findersThe policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
• BAASnounAfrikaans7 findersAn employer, a boss (frequently used as a form of address).
• BERGHAANnounAfrikaans1 finderVerreaux's eagle (Aquila verreauxii)
• BIJWONERnounAfrikaans2 findersA member of a class of poor white people who were permitted to inhabit shanties on the property of well-to-do Boers in return for semifeudal payments.
• BILTONGnounAfrikaans54 findersA South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.
• BIOSCOPEnounAfrikaans8 findersAn early form of movie projector.
• BLESBUCKnounAfrikaans2 findersA type of damalisk (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), an African antelope closely related to the hartebeest.
• BLIKSEMnounAfrikaans1 finderbastard, arsehole, sod.
• BOEPnounAfrikaans2 findersbeer belly
• BOETnounAfrikaans3 findersA brother; often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.
• BUSHVELDnounAfrikaans11 findersA terrain characterized by thick scrubby trees and dense thickets of bush, interspersed with grassy groundcover.
• DOMINEEnounAfrikaans1 finderA minister of the Dutch Reformed Church; a predikant.
• DONGAnounAfrikaans6 findersA usually dry, eroded watercourse running only in times of heavy rain.
• DWAALnounAfrikaans2 findersA dreamy, dazed, absent-minded, or befuddled state
• EINAinterjectionAfrikaans1 finderOuch! (an exclamation of pain)
• EISHinterjectionAfrikaans4 findersphew; whew; expressing resignation
• FYNBOSnounAfrikaans16 findersVegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom, largely scrub, exceptionally biodiverse, including particularly large numbers of species of Proteaceae, Restionaceae, and Ericaceae.
• GATVOLadjectiveAfrikaans2 findersCompletely fed up; very upset.
• HOUTnounAfrikaans22 findersA black African.
• HOUTEDnounAfrikaans3 findersA black African.
• KIAATnounAfrikaans1 finderPterocarpus angolensis (African teak).
• KLAPverbAfrikaans3 findersTo strike; to smack.
• KONFYTnounAfrikaans3 findersA South African jam or fruit preserve.
• KWAITOnounAfrikaans2 findersA style of music featuring words chanted over house music, originating in Johannesburg during the 1990s.
• KWAITOSnounAfrikaans2 findersA style of music featuring words chanted over house music, originating in Johannesburg during the 1990s.
• LEGUAANnounAfrikaans2 findersAn iguana.
• MOERverbAfrikaans6 findersTo beat; to thrash.
• MOSKONFYTnounAfrikaans5 findersA sweet syrup made from grape juice.
• NAARTJIEnounAfrikaans5 findersCitrus reticulata (mandarin, satsuma, tangerine); a soft, loose-skinned tangerine.
• OUMAnounAfrikaans1 finderA grandmother.
• PLAASnounAfrikaans2 findersA farm.
• POEPnounAfrikaans1 finderA fart.
• POORTnounAfrikaans1 finderA mountain pass.
• RATELnounAfrikaans3 findersSynonym of honey badger.
• REITBOKnounAfrikaans2 findersSynonym of reedbuck.
• RINKHALSnounAfrikaans4 findersAny of species Hemachatus haemachatus of venomous elapids found in parts of southern Africa.
• RONDAVELnounAfrikaans2 findersA traditional circular design of house, typically with a conical roof, commonly thatched. Still used in rural regions, but also popular as a theme in the ambience of resorts, eithe
• ROOINEKnounAfrikaans1 finderAn Englishman, or a South African that speaks English as opposed to Afrikaans.
• SJOEinterjectionAfrikaans2 finderswhew; phew; expressing surprise, relief, etc.
• SOUTIEnounAfrikaans1 finderAn Englishman in South Africa or a white English speaking South African of British descent
• SPRUITnounAfrikaans4 findersA small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer.
• STRANDWOLFnounAfrikaans2 findersA brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea).
• VELDSKOENnounAfrikaans5 findersOriginally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour.
• VERLIGTEnounAfrikaans1 finderA person with a verlig (enlightened) political attitude.
• VOETSEKinterjectionAfrikaans2 findersget lost! go away! An exclamation of dismissal or rejection.
• VOLKnounAfrikaans32 findersThe Afrikaner people.
• VROTadjectiveAfrikaans1 finderrotten
• VROUnounAfrikaans5 findersA woman.
• WAGENBOOMnounAfrikaans1 finderA South African proteaceous tree (Protea nitida).
• WATERBUCKnounAfrikaans2 findersA species of antelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
• WILDEBEESTnounAfrikaans10 findersThe gnu.

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