What's your favourite Afrikaans word?

Question

What's your favourite Afrikaans word and why that particular word?

Answer 1

"Eina!" It is far more expressive than "ouch!"

Answer 2

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Answer 3

My Fave Word is "Antidisestablishmentarianism". My english teacher taught it to our whole class. it took a while before we could say it. People were surprised 2 find out that word from us as we are only doing 2nd year hing school. It is the longest word in the enlish language and is only found in BIG COLAGE dictionaries. Imagin being taught the longest word in the english laguage by a bunch of 13 & 14 year olds in 2nd year high school. "antidisestablishmentarianism" is a group of people who work against the establishment : )

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Teef tepel! My grandfather usually say: "Ja sy is 'n regte ou Teef tepel!" (basically meaning B I T CH NIPPLE!) hiehiehie....



Hoover Phonic - Hey, why the hell are you blaming South Africa "for their failure to deal with mugabe" . Why don't you rather say you are criticizing Zim for their failure to deal with Mugabe, farm attacks and PATHETIC BORDER CONTROLL and war veterans?.... Oh I know, it is because Zim can obviously not fight their own battles and expect South Africa to drag them out of the S*#$! OH, but South Africa is a BAD PLACE Hence the bunch of illegal emigrants in South Africa hey.

Answer 6

I agree with Ferrari man: Bliksem - it can be used as an expletive, or an expression of surprise or joy. I would have liked to call my dog Bliksem, but the children did not like it. Shows what a Bliksem I am. After all, it is my dog!

Answer 7

To add to Lise K...lamgat and kry jou gat in rat. Gat does have many options. I use the word loskop often. And Sies!

Answer 8

moedeloos



It's a great way of describing many feelings at once.



and afrikaans swear words...they're just so dam expresssive! and get the point across.

Answer 9

"gat" and everything that you can say with it: vetgat, dikgat, vuilgat, luigat" oh and I also love "droe drol", He was sitting there like a droe drol" or "she is such an old droe drol"... In what other language can you say "Voertsek, vet gat, jy is so 'n ou droe drol"...I do not even want to try to translate it in English or find English words to match it!

Answer 10

Dronklap - means to be a drunkerd, sozzzled.



Maria van Riebeck was a famous dronklap and I always smile when I hear this word and imagine Maria falling about in her long black dress hundres of years ago.



"Ek het lus en braak oor jou." An old professor used to say when his students made him really angry and frustrated.

Answer 11

My friends have taught me "hoender kop" (hope the spelling is OK) saying that is what I often am. I understand it means chicken head but used to describe being pissed.

Answer 12

Siestog or shame - it can be sympathetic or sarcastic and also i like to use or say genade or grace to express something that seems unreal or unbelievable

Answer 13

Kat and Worse

Answer 14

Kak - like " gaan kak in die mielies" or I've had a kak day. Youc an use it for anything.

Answer 15

Bliksem !



Not really a swear word, and it can be used in various ways.

Answer 16

Fakature. means vacancy

Gesnorkel - very drunk



But the best of all is poephol.

Answer 17

Mine is "fokkitoggie".



I guess it means the same as "for f--k sakes".



For when you're really frustrated or ticked-off...

Answer 18

agteruit bolomakesie!! - means backwards roly poly! i ljust love it!! it sounds funny lol!



i also like gat and voetsek!! and drol (which in french means funny! lol)

Answer 19

my favourite word is oulik! because my honey is just so oulik. mwah truluv exists...you are so oulik!!!

Answer 20

"wasaa"



it means "sod zimbabwe we dont give a monkeys"



edit - i was criticising south africa for their failure to deal with mugabe

Answer 21

voetsek or as Emjay's family will pronounce "Tsek!

Answer 22

it has too be "oulik" that describes my sweetheart!

Answer 23

kaffa! it means coloured person you are my equal.