| Afrikaans | English |
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| edel | ⇆ handsome; ⇆ high‐minded; ⇆ honourable; ⇆ lordly; ⇆ noble; ⇆ noble‐minded; ⇆ nobly; ⇆ precious; ⇆ royal |
| edele metaal | ⇆ noble metal; ⇆ precious metal |
| u edele | ⇆ your honour |
| edelaardig | ⇆ noble‐hearted |
| edelagbaar | ⇆ honourable; ⇆ worshipful |
| edeldenkend | ⇆ high‐souled; ⇆ noble‐minded |
| edelgebore | ⇆ noble |
| edelgesind | ⇆ high‐minded |
| edelgesteente | ⇆ precious stone; ⇆ gem |
| edelgestreng | ⇆ honourable |
| edelheid | ⇆ nobility; ⇆ nobleness; ⇆ noblesse; ⇆ worship |
| edelhert | ⇆ red deer |
| edelsteen | ⇆ gem; ⇆ jewel; ⇆ precious stone |
| edelvalk | ⇆ lanner; ⇆ lanner falcon; ⇆ peregrine |
| edelvrou | ⇆ gentlewoman; ⇆ noble lady; ⇆ noble woman |
| halfedel | ⇆ semi‐precious |
| onedel | ⇆ base; ⇆ impure; ⇆ ignoble; ⇆ illiberal; ⇆ low‐minded; ⇆ mean |
| veredel | ⇆ cultivate; ⇆ elevate; ⇆ ennoble; ⇆ refine; ⇆ improve; ⇆ humanize; ⇆ rarefy; ⇆ sublimate; ⇆ sublime |