Use these Afrikaans Flashcards to help improve your vocabulary when learning your new language. The Afrikaans language is a wonderful and expressive language. It has a rich literary history and a unique cultural identity that is deeply intertwined with the history of South Africa. Though it is a minority language in South Africa, the Afrikaans community has shown great resilience. It is also spoken in the countries of Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Though Afrikaans is one of the official languages in South Africa, not many people are aware of its existence. It is a Germanic language that is spoken by about 7 million people worldwide. There are only four countries where this language is an official language, namely South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Lesotho.
The Afrikaans language is one that blends the English and Dutch languages. As a result, there are many words that are spelled identically or similarly to English words but pronounced differently.
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Tips for how to use the Afrikaans flashcards
Learning a new language can be difficult and time-consuming, but it doesn’t have to be! Afrikaans is one of the official languages in South Africa, which makes it an ideal place to learn for those living there or those who plan on visiting. These flashcards can help you start learning Afrikaans today.
The flashcards are made for beginners and feature vocabulary that’s relevant to everyday life. In fact, we use the most common words first. We think this is a key point because it will make it easier for you to learn the language.
Look at the front of the card for the English Word Think in your head what the Spanish word is on the back of the card. Turn over the card. Keep going through the deck several times to make sure you know all the words If you get a card right several times and you are sure you know it, then you can discard it from the deck. If you are not sure how to pronounce a word then use the SPEAK button. Why Learn Afrikaans?
Learning the Afrikaans language can be very useful to anyone who wants to connect with the culture. There’s a wide range of texts in Afrikaans, from children’s stories to essays on topics like history and faith.
Learning another language can help you to connect with people from different cultures around the world. Learning a language opens up opportunities to explore, travel, and build relationships with others. It can also help improve your thinking skills, expand your career potentials, and even increase your lifespan.
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About the Afrikaans decks
The common card decks are split into 25 cards each. Some of the other decks such as basic vocabulary are smaller.
Here is a list of the card decks with their English and Afrikaans vocabulary. You can use this as a guide to see which deck you should study.
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #1
Card # English Afrikaans 1. as as 2. I Ek 3. his sy 4. that wat 5. he hy 6. was was 7. for vir 8. on op 9. are is 10. with met 11. they hulle 12. be wees 13. at op 14. one een 15. have het 16. this hierdie 17. from uit 18. by deur 19. hot warm 20. word woord 21. but maar 22. what wat 23. some sommige 24. is is 25. it dit
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #2
Card # English Afrikaans 1. you jy 2. or of 3. had moes 4. the die 5. of van 6. to te 7. and en 8. a ‘n 9. in in 10. we ons 11. can kan 12. out uit 13. other ander 14. were was 15. which wat 16. do doen 17. their hul 18. time tyd 19. if indien 20. will sal 21. how hoe 22. said gesê 23. an ‘n 24. each elke 25. tell vertel
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #3
Card # English Afrikaans 1. does doen 2. set stel 3. three drie 4. want wil 5. air lug 6. well goed 7. also ook 8. play speel 9. small klein 10. end einde 11. put sit 12. home huis 13. read lees 14. hand hand 15. port hawe 16. large groot 17. spell spel 18. add voeg 19. even selfs 20. land land 21. here hier 22. must moet 23. big groot 24. high hoë 25. such sodanige
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #4
Card # English Afrikaans 1. follow volg 2. act Wet 3. why Hoekom 4. ask vra 5. men mans 6. change verandering 7. went gegaan 8. light lig 9. kind soort 10. off af 11. need nodig 12. house huis 13. picture prentjie 14. try probeer 15. us ons 16. again weer 17. animal dier 18. point punt 19. mother ma 20. world wêreld 21. near naby 22. build bou 23. self self 24. earth aarde 25. father vader
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #5
Card # English Afrikaans 1. any enige 2. new nuwe 3. work werk 4. part deel 5. take neem 6. get kry 7. place plek 8. made gemaak 9. live lewe 10. where waar 11. after na 12. back terug 13. little bietjie 14. only slegs 15. round ronde 16. man man 17. year jaar 18. came gekom 19. show show 20. every elke 21. good goeie 22. me my 23. give gee 24. our ons 25. under onder
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #6
Card # English Afrikaans 1. name naam 2. very baie 3. through deur 4. just net 5. form vorm 6. sentence vonnis 7. great groot 8. think dink 9. say sê 10. help help 11. low lae 12. line lyn 13. differ verskil 14. turn beurt 15. cause oorsaak 16. much veel 17. mean beteken 18. before voor 19. move skuif 20. right reg 21. boy seuntjie 22. old ou 23. too te 24. same dieselfde 25. she sy
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #7
Card # English Afrikaans 1. all al 2. there daar 3. when wanneer 4. up up 5. use gebruik 6. your jou 7. way manier 8. about oor 9. many baie 10. then dan 11. them hulle 12. write skryf 13. would sou 14. like soos 15. so so 16. these hierdie 17. her haar 18. long lang 19. make maak 20. thing ding 21. see sien 22. him hom 23. two twee 24. has het 25. look kyk
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #8
Card # English Afrikaans 1. more meer 2. day dag 3. could kon 4. go gaan 5. come kom 6. did het 7. number aantal 8. sound klink 9. no geen 10. most mees 11. people mense 12. my my 13. over oor 14. know weet 15. water water 16. than as 17. call oproep 18. first eerste 19. who wat 20. may mag 21. down af 22. side kant 23. been gewees 24. now nou 25. find vind
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #9
Card # English Afrikaans 1. head hoof 2. stand staan 3. own eie 4. page bladsy 5. should behoort 6. country land 7. found gevind 8. answer antwoord 9. school skool 10. grow groei 11. study studie 12. still steeds 13. learn leer 14. plant plant 15. cover dekking 16. food voedsel 17. sun son 18. four vier 19. between tussen 20. state staat 21. keep hou 22. eye oog 23. never nooit 24. last laaste 25. let laat
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #10
Card # English Afrikaans 1. thought gedink 2. city stad 3. tree boom 4. cross steek 5. farm plaas 6. hard hard 7. start Begin 8. might mag 9. story storie 10. saw saag 11. far ver 12. sea see 13. draw trek 14. left verlaat 15. late laat 16. run hardloop 17. don’t doen nie 18. while terwyl 19. press pers 20. close naby 21. night nag 22. real werklike 23. life lewe 24. few paar 25. north noord
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #11
Card # English Afrikaans 1. book boek 2. carry voer 3. took het 4. science wetenskap 5. eat eet 6. room kamer 7. friend vriend 8. began begin 9. idea idee 10. fish vis 11. mountain berg 12. stop stop 13. once keer 14. base basis 15. hear hoor 16. horse perd 17. cut cut 18. sure seker 19. watch kyk 20. color kleur 21. face gesig 22. wood hout 23. main hoof 24. open oop 25. seem lyk
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #12
Card # English Afrikaans 1. together saam 2. next volgende 3. white wit 4. children kinders 5. begin begin 6. got het 7. walk loop 8. example byvoorbeeld 9. ease verlig 10. paper papier 11. group groep 12. always altyd 13. music musiek 14. those diegene 15. both beide 16. mark merk 17. often dikwels 18. letter brief 19. until totdat 20. mile myl 21. river rivier 22. car motor 23. feet voete 24. care sorg 25. second tweede
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #13
Card # English Afrikaans 1. enough genoeg 2. plain vlakte 3. girl meisie 4. usual gewone 5. young jong 6. ready gereed 7. above bo 8. ever ooit 9. red rooi 10. list lys 11. though alhoewel 12. feel voel 13. talk Besprekings 14. bird voël 15. soon gou 16. body liggaam 17. dog hond 18. family gesin 19. direct direkte 20. pose inhou 21. leave verlaat 22. song lied 23. measure meet 24. door deur 25. product produk
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #14
Card # English Afrikaans 1. black swart 2. short kort 3. numeral Syfer 4. class klas 5. wind wind 6. question vraag 7. happen gebeur 8. complete volledige 9. ship skip 10. area gebied 11. half helfte 12. rock rock 13. order orde 14. fire vuur 15. south Suid- 16. problem probleem 17. piece stukkie 18. told vertel 19. knew geweet 20. pass slaag 21. since sedert 22. top top 23. whole geheel 24. king koning 25. street straat
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #15
Card # English Afrikaans 1. inch duim 2. multiply vermeerder 3. nothing niks 4. course natuurlik 5. stay bly 6. wheel wiel 7. full volle 8. force krag 9. blue blou 10. object voorwerp 11. decide besluit 12. surface oppervlak 13. deep diep 14. moon maan 15. island eiland 16. foot voet 17. system stelsel 18. busy besig 19. test toets 20. record rekord 21. boat boot 22. common gemeenskaplike 23. gold goud 24. possible moontlik 25. plane vliegtuig
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #16
Card # English Afrikaans 1. stead plek 2. dry droë 3. wonder wonder 4. laugh lag 5. thousand duisend 6. ago gelede 7. ran hardloop 8. check kyk 9. game spel 10. shape vorm 11. equate gelyk 12. hot warm 13. miss mis 14. brought gebring 15. heat hitte 16. snow sneeu 17. tire band 18. bring bring 19. yes Ja 20. distant verre 21. fill vul 22. east oos 23. paint verf 24. language taal 25. among onder
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #17
Card # English Afrikaans 1. unit eenheid 2. power krag 3. town dorp 4. fine fyn 5. certain sekere 6. fly vlieg 7. fall val 8. lead lei 9. cry geroep 10. dark donker 11. machine masjien 12. note noot 13. wait wag 14. plan plan 15. figure figuur 16. star ster 17. box box 18. noun naamwoord 19. field gebied 20. rest res 21. correct korrekte 22. able staat 23. pound pond 24. done gedoen 25. beauty skoonheid
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #18
Card # English Afrikaans 1. drive ry 2. stood staan 3. contain bevat 4. front front 5. teach leer 6. week week 7. final finale 8. gave gegee 9. green groen 10. oh o 11. quick vinnige 12. develop ontwikkel 13. ocean oseaan 14. warm warm 15. free gratis 16. minute minuut 17. strong sterk 18. special spesiale 19. mind gedagte 20. behind agter 21. clear duidelik 22. tail stert 23. produce produseer 24. fact Trouens 25. space ruimte
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #19
Card # English Afrikaans 1. heard gehoor 2. best beste 3. hour uur 4. better beter 5. TRUE ware 6. during tydens 7. hundred honderd 8. five vyf 9. remember onthou 10. step stap 11. early vroeë 12. hold hou 13. west West 14. ground grond 15. interest belangstelling 16. reach bereik 17. fast vinnig 18. verb werkwoord 19. sing sing 20. listen luister 21. six ses 22. table tafel 23. travel Reis 24. less minder 25. morning oggend
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #20
Card # English Afrikaans 1. ten tien 2. simple eenvoudige 3. several verskeie 4. vowel vokaal 5. toward teenoor 6. war oorlog 7. lay lê 8. against teen 9. pattern patroon 10. slow stadig 11. center sentrum 12. love liefde 13. person persoon 14. money geld 15. serve dien 16. appear verskyn 17. road pad 18. map kaart 19. rain reën 20. rule reël 21. govern regeer 22. pull trek 23. cold koue 24. notice kennisgewing 25. voice stem
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #21
Card # English Afrikaans 1. energy energie 2. hunt jag 3. probable waarskynlike 4. bed bed 5. brother broer 6. egg eier 7. ride rit 8. cell sel 9. believe glo 10. perhaps miskien 11. pick kies 12. sudden skielike 13. count tel 14. square vierkante 15. reason rede 16. length lengte 17. represent verteenwoordig 18. art kuns 19. subject onderwerp 20. region streek 21. size grootte 22. vary wissel 23. settle vestig 24. speak praat 25. weight gewig
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #22
Card # English Afrikaans 1. general algemene 2. ice ys 3. matter saak 4. circle sirkel 5. pair paar 6. include sluit 7. divide verdeel 8. syllable lettergreep 9. felt gevoel 10. grand grand 11. ball bal 12. yet nog 13. wave golf 14. drop drop 15. heart hart 16. am is 17. present huidige 18. heavy swaar 19. dance dans 20. engine enjin 21. position posisie 22. arm arm 23. wide wye 24. sail vaar 25. material materiaal
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #23
Card # English Afrikaans 1. fraction breuk 2. forest bos 3. sit sit 4. race ras 5. window venster 6. store winkel 7. summer somer 8. train trein 9. sleep slaap 10. prove bewys 11. lone eensaam 12. leg been 13. exercise oefening 14. wall muur 15. catch vangs 16. mount berg 17. wish wens 18. sky lug 19. board direksie 20. joy vreugde 21. winter winter 22. sat Sat 23. written geskryf 24. wild wilde 25. instrument instrument
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #24
Card # English Afrikaans 1. kept gehou 2. glass glas 3. grass gras 4. cow koei 5. job werk 6. edge rand 7. sign teken 8. visit besoek 9. past verlede 10. soft sagte 11. fun pret 12. bright helder 13. gas gas 14. weather weer 15. month maand 16. million miljoen 17. bear dra 18. finish afwerking 19. happy gelukkig 20. hope hoop 21. flower blom 22. clothe beklee 23. strange vreemde 24. gone weg 25. trade handel
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #25
Card # English Afrikaans 1. melody melodie 2. trip reis 3. office kantoor 4. receive ontvang 5. row ry 6. mouth mond 7. exact presiese 8. symbol simbool 9. die sterf 10. least minste 11. trouble moeilikheid 12. shout skree 13. except behalwe 14. wrote geskryf 15. seed saad 16. tone toon 17. join sluit 18. suggest stel 19. clean skoon 20. break break 21. lady lady 22. yard agterplaas 23. rise styg 24. bad slegte 25. blow blow
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #26
Card # English Afrikaans 1. oil olie 2. blood bloed 3. touch raak 4. grew gegroei 5. cent persent 6. mix meng 7. team span 8. wire draad 9. cost koste 10. lost verloor 11. brown bruin 12. wear dra 13. garden tuin 14. equal gelyke 15. sent gestuur 16. choose kies 17. fell val 18. fit pas 19. flow vloei 20. fair billike 21. bank bank 22. collect versamel 23. save red 24. control beheer 25. decimal desimale
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #27
Card # English Afrikaans 1. ear oor 2. else anders 3. quite baie 4. broke gebreek 5. case geval 6. middle middel 7. kill dood te maak 8. son seun 9. lake meer 10. moment oomblik 11. scale skaal 12. loud hard 13. spring die lente 14. observe neem 15. child kind 16. straight reguit 17. consonant konsonant 18. nation nasie 19. dictionary woordeboek 20. milk melk 21. speed spoed 22. method metode 23. organ orrel 24. pay betaal 25. age ouderdom
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #28
Card # English Afrikaans 1. section artikel 2. dress rok 3. cloud wolk 4. surprise verrassing 5. quiet stil 6. stone klip 7. tiny klein 8. climb klim 9. cool Modern 10. design ontwerp 11. poor swak 12. lot baie 13. experiment eksperiment 14. bottom onderkant 15. key sleutel 16. iron yster 17. single enkele 18. stick stok 19. flat plat 20. twenty twintig 21. skin vel 22. smile glimlag 23. crease toename 24. hole gat 25. jump spring
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #29
Card # English Afrikaans 1. baby baba 2. eight agt 3. village dorpie 4. meet ontmoet 5. root wortel 6. buy koop 7. raise verhoog 8. solve los 9. metal metaal 10. whether of 11. push stoot 12. seven sewe 13. paragraph paragraaf 14. third derde 15. shall sal 16. held gehou 17. hair hare 18. describe beskryf 19. cook kok 20. floor vloer 21. either óf 22. result gevolg 23. burn brand 24. hill Hill 25. safe veilig
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #30
Card # English Afrikaans 1. cat kat 2. century eeu 3. consider oorweeg 4. type tipe 5. law wet 6. bit bietjie 7. coast kus 8. copy afskrif 9. phrase frase 10. silent stil 11. tall hoë 12. sand sand 13. soil grond 14. roll roll 15. temperature temperatuur 16. finger vinger 17. industry bedryf 18. value waarde 19. fight stryd 20. lie leuen 21. beat klop 22. excite opgewonde 23. natural natuurlike 24. view view 25. sense sin
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #31
Card # English Afrikaans 1. capital kapitaal 2. won’t sal nie 3. chair stoel 4. danger gevaar 5. fruit vrugte 6. rich ryk 7. thick dik 8. soldier soldaat 9. process proses 10. operate bedryf 11. practice praktyk 12. separate afsonderlike 13. difficult moeilik 14. doctor dokter 15. please asseblief 16. protect beskerm 17. noon middag 18. crop oes 19. modern moderne 20. element element 21. hit getref 22. student student 23. corner hoek 24. party partytjie 25. supply toevoer
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #32
Card # English Afrikaans 1. whose wie se 2. locate spoor 3. ring ring 4. character karakter 5. insect insekte 6. caught gevang 7. period tydperk 8. indicate dui 9. radio radio 10. spoke gepraat 11. atom atoom 12. human menslike 13. history geskiedenis 14. effect uitwerking 15. electric elektriese 16. expect verwag 17. bone been 18. rail spoor 19. imagine dink 20. provide verskaf 21. agree saamstem 22. thus dus 23. gentle sagte 24. woman vrou 25. captain kaptein
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #33
Card # English Afrikaans 1. guess raai 2. necessary nodige 3. sharp skerp 4. wing vleuel 5. create skep 6. neighbor naaste 7. wash wash 8. bat kolf 9. rather eerder 10. crowd skare 11. corn koring 12. compare vergelyk 13. poem gedig 14. string string 15. bell klok 16. depend afhang 17. meat vleis 18. rub vryf 19. tube buis 20. famous bekende 21. dollar dollar 22. stream stroom 23. fear vrees 24. sight oë 25. thin dun
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #34
Card # English Afrikaans 1. triangle driehoek 2. planet planeet 3. hurry haastig 4. chief hoof 5. colony kolonie 6. clock klok 7. mine myn 8. tie tie 9. enter betree 10. major groot 11. fresh vars 12. search soek 13. send stuur 14. yellow geel 15. gun geweer 16. allow toelaat 17. print Druk 18. dead dood 19. spot spot 20. desert woestyn 21. suit pak 22. current huidige 23. lift lift 24. rose gestyg 25. arrive kom
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #35
Card # English Afrikaans 1. master meester 2. track spoor 3. parent ouer 4. shore strand 5. division afdeling 6. sheet blad 7. substance stof 8. favor guns 9. connect koppel 10. post post 11. spend spandeer 12. chord koord 13. fat vet 14. glad bly 15. original oorspronklike 16. share aandeel 17. station stasie 18. dad pa 19. bread brood 20. charge hef 21. proper behoorlike 22. bar bar 23. offer aanbod 24. segment segment 25. slave slaaf
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #36
Card # English Afrikaans 1. duck eend 2. instant direkte 3. market mark 4. degree graad 5. populate vul 6. chick chick 7. dear liewe 8. enemy vyand 9. reply antwoord 10. drink drink 11. occur voorkom 12. support ondersteuning 13. speech toespraak 14. nature aard 15. range reeks 16. steam stoom 17. motion beweging 18. path pad 19. liquid vloeistof 20. log teken 21. meant bedoel 22. quotient kwosiënt 23. teeth tande 24. shell dop 25. neck nek
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #37
Card # English Afrikaans 1. oxygen suurstof 2. sugar suiker 3. death dood 4. pretty mooi 5. skill vaardigheid 6. women vroue 7. season seisoen 8. solution oplossing 9. magnet Magnet 10. silver silwer 11. thank dankie 12. branch tak 13. match wedstryd 14. suffix agtervoegsel 15. especially veral 16. fig Fig 17. afraid bang 18. huge groot 19. sister suster 20. steel staal 21. discuss bespreek 22. forward vorentoe 23. similar soortgelyke 24. guide lei 25. experience ervaring
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #38
Card # English Afrikaans 1. score telling 2. apple appel 3. bought gekoop 4. led gelei 5. pitch steek 6. coat rok 7. mass massa 8. card kaart 9. band groep 10. rope tou 11. slip strokie 12. win oorwinning 13. dream droom 14. evening aand 15. condition toestand 16. feed voer 17. tool hulpmiddel 18. total totale 19. basic basiese 20. smell reuk 21. valley vallei 22. nor of 23. double dubbel 24. seat sitplek 25. continue voortgaan
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #39
Card # English Afrikaans 1. block blok 2. chart grafiek 3. hat hoed 4. sell verkoop 5. success sukses 6. company maatskappy 7. subtract aftrek 8. event gebeurtenis 9. particular bepaalde 10. deal transaksie 11. swim swem 12. term term 13. opposite teenoorgestelde 14. wife vrou 15. shoe skoen 16. shoulder skouer 17. spread verspreiding 18. arrange reël 19. camp kamp 20. invent bedink 21. cotton katoen 22. born Gebore 23. determine bepaal 24. quart kwart 25. nine nege
Afrikaans Flashcards Deck #40
Card # English Afrikaans 1. truck vragmotor 2. noise geraas 3. level vlak 4. chance kans 5. gather versamel 6. shop winkel 7. stretch rek 8. throw gooi 9. shine skyn 10. property eiendom 11. column kolom 12. molecule molekule 13. select kies 14. wrong verkeerd 15. gray grys 16. repeat herhaling 17. require vereis 18. broad breë 19. prepare voor te berei 20. salt sout 21. nose neus 22. plural meervoud 23. anger woede 24. claim eis 25. continent vasteland
