English words from Afrikaans
- now-nowRight now; immediately; very soon.
- opgaafA tax on produce, stock, and capitation.
- OraniaA town in Karoo, Northern Cape, South Africa.
- ouboetAn older brother or a male friend.
- oupaA grandfather.
- outjieA boy; a guy.
- padkosFood for a journey.
- papgeldchild support
- pasellaAn extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to a customer when they purchase something else.
- perlemoenabalone
- plattelandThe country, the countryside.
- poepA fart.
- regmakerA drink or medicine taken as a hangover cure.
- renosterveldA South African ecoregion of Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub.
- rhebokA medium-sized, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, having pale-gray, curly fur and straight horns.
- rietbokThe antelope Redunca arundinum.
- RooielsA settlement in Overberg district municipality, Western Cape, South Africa.
- rooigrasA perennial grass, Themeda triandra, that has large red-brown spikelets
- sjambokA stout whip, especially made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide.
- skollieA hoodlum, a petty criminal.
- skyfA cigarette.
- slinterA scam or deception; fast one.
- smousA peddler.
- snotziekteA disease of cattle causing significant mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- sokkieA South African style of ballroom dancing.
- sosatieA kebab of curried meat on a skewer (usually not pork), cooked over an open flame or on the braai.
- spanspekA cantaloupe.
- steekgrasThe tropical perennial tussock grass Heteropogon contortus.
- steenbrasAny of various fish of the sparid genus Lithognathus.
- steentjieThe fish Spondyliosoma emarginatum.
- stockfishCod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
- stoepA raised veranda in front of a house.
- stokroosSynonym of kenaf (“the plant Hibiscus cannabinus”).
- strandloperbeachcomber
- stukkiegirlfriend
- styfziekteParalysis of cattle or sheep, having various possible causes such as Crotalaria poisoning.
- stywe papStiff porridge.
- suikerbosThe sugarbush (Protea species).
- SwartbergA mountain range in the Western Cape, South Africa.
- takhaarA boorish rustic.
- tannieAn older female authority figure.
- tjoekieA prison.
- toenaderingA rapprochement.
- toktokkieAny of a number of species of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae that make a tapping sound on the ground with their rear ends.
- tollieA bullock.
- tronkA prison.
- uintjieThe edible bulb of certain plants.
- vaaljapieVery raw young wine, usually with sediment.
- vaal kameelVachellia haematoxylon, a southern African tree.
- van den HeeverAn Afrikaans surname.
- verkrampPolitically conservative.
- vetkoekA deep-fried ball of dough, usually unsweetened, cut open and filled with various fillings.
- vetkousieThe flowering plant Carpanthea pomeridiana.
- vlakteA plain.
- voetgangerThe crawling form of a locust, not yet able to fly.
- vrotrotten
- vrouA woman.
- VrystaterA native or inhabitant of the Free State in South Africa.
- wagenboomA South African proteaceous tree (Protea nitida).
- waterblommetjieThe flower of Aponogeton distachyos.
- waterblommetjiebredieA South African stew of meat, typically lamb, with waterblommetjies.
- wildegranaatBurchellia bubalina, the wild pomegranate.
- witgatSynonym of motlopi.
- witkopA scalp disease similar to favus, characterised by hair loss and white crust.
- ZarelA male given name from Afrikaans.
- zitkamerSynonym of sitting room.