English words from Afrikaans
- stukkiegirlfriend
- styfziekteParalysis of cattle or sheep, having various possible causes such as Crotalaria poisoning.
- stywe papStiff porridge.
- suck out of one's thumbTo make up, to fabricate, to pull out of one's ass.
- suikerbosThe sugarbush (Protea species).
- SwartbergA mountain range in the Western Cape, South Africa.
- takhaarA boorish rustic.
- takkieAn athletic shoe, a trainer, a sneaker.
- tannieAn older female authority figure.
- The Call of South AfricaA former national anthem of South Africa, created during the 1920s and used from the 1930s to the 1990s.
- 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.
- tsotsitaalAny of a variety of mixed languages spoken mainly in the townships of South Africa.
- uintjieThe edible bulb of certain plants.
- uitlanderA foreigner; outlander.
- VaalieA tourist from inland.
- vaaljapieVery raw young wine, usually with sediment.
- vaal kameelVachellia haematoxylon, a southern African tree.
- van den HeeverAn Afrikaans surname.
- verkrampPolitically conservative.
- verligpolitically optimistic and receptive to change
- vetkoekA deep-fried ball of dough, usually unsweetened, cut open and filled with various fillings.
- vetkousieThe flowering plant Carpanthea pomeridiana.
- vlakteA plain.
- voëlA penis.
- voetgangerThe crawling form of a locust, not yet able to fly.
- voetsekget lost! go away! An exclamation of dismissal or rejection.
- VolksrustA town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
- vrotrotten
- vrouA woman.
- VrystaterA native or inhabitant of the Free State in South Africa.
- wagenboomA South African proteaceous tree (Protea nitida).
- wait-a-bitSenegalia brevispica (wait-a-bit acacia)
- waterblommetjieThe flower of Aponogeton distachyos.
- waterblommetjiebredieA South African stew of meat, typically lamb, with waterblommetjies.
- waterboomSyzygium cordatum, a tree typically growing out of wet ground.
- wildegranaatBurchellia bubalina, the wild pomegranate.
- witblitsHome-distilled brandy or raw spirit, colourless and with a powerful kick.
- witdoekeMembers of conservative black vigilante groups in the South African provinces of the Cape and Orange Free State in the 1980s.
- witgatSynonym of motlopi.
- witkopA scalp disease similar to favus, characterised by hair loss and white crust.
- ysterbosDodonaea thunbergii; Dodonaea angustifolia.
- ZarelA male given name from Afrikaans.
- zitkamerSynonym of sitting room.