boet

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/bʊt/

noun

A brother; often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.

OriginAfrikaans boet ← West Flemish boet →
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Meanings

nounboet (plural boets)

plural boets

  1. South AfricainformalA brother; often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.
  2. South AfricainformalA familiar form of address: pal, mate.

Origin

  1. West Flemishboet“boy, youth”
  2. Afrikaansboet“brother, comrade”
  3. Englishboet

From Afrikaans boet (“brother, comrade”), from a Zealandic, West Flemish boet (“boy, youth”), probably a hypocoristic form of broeder (“brother”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with boet

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

boet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boet

MLA

“boet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boet.

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