| Afrikaans | English |
|---|
| dwaal | ⇆ err; ⇆ lapse; ⇆ misbelieve; ⇆ mistake; ⇆ roam; ⇆ straggle; ⇆ wander |
| aan die dwaal wees | ⇆ be in a mist |
| afdwaal | ⇆ stray; ⇆ deviate; ⇆ digress; ⇆ divagate; ⇆ err; ⇆ gad; ⇆ lose the thread; ⇆ ramble; ⇆ swerve; ⇆ wander; ⇆ aberrate |
| dwaalbegrip | ⇆ erroneous notion; ⇆ erroneous idea; ⇆ fallacy; ⇆ false notion; ⇆ idolum; ⇆ mistaken notion |
| dwaalgees | ⇆ wandering spirit |
| dwaalleer | ⇆ heresy; ⇆ misbelief |
| dwaallig | ⇆ fen‐fire; ⇆ fire‐drake; ⇆ friar’s lantern; ⇆ jack‐o’‐lantern; ⇆ ignis fatuus; ⇆ marsh fire |
| dwaalster | ⇆ comet; ⇆ errant star; ⇆ planet |
| dwalend | ⇆ errant; ⇆ erratic; ⇆ planetary; ⇆ roving |
| dwaler | ⇆ misbeliever; ⇆ strayer |
| dwaling | ⇆ delusion; ⇆ error; ⇆ hallucination; ⇆ miscarriage; ⇆ mistake |
| gedwaal | ⇆ roaming; ⇆ wandering |
| ronddwaal | ⇆ range |
| wegdwaal | ⇆ maverick |