| Afrikaans | English |
|---|
| gebrek | ⇆ absence; ⇆ blemish; ⇆ dearth; ⇆ default; ⇆ defect; ⇆ deficiency; ⇆ deformity; ⇆ demerit; ⇆ destitution; ⇆ disability; ⇆ failure; ⇆ famine; ⇆ fault; ⇆ flaw; ⇆ imperfection; ⇆ indigence; ⇆ infirmity; ⇆ insufficiency; ⇆ lack; ⇆ need; ⇆ paucity; ⇆ penury; ⇆ poverty; ⇆ privation; ⇆ scarcity; ⇆ scrimpiness; ⇆ scrimpness; ⇆ shortcoming; ⇆ starvation; ⇆ vice; ⇆ want |
| by gebreke van | ⇆ in default of |
| gebrek aan | ⇆ paucity of |
| in gebreke bly | ⇆ default; ⇆ fail; ⇆ forget |
| uit gebrek aan | ⇆ for want of; ⇆ for lack of |
| broodsgebrek | ⇆ penury; ⇆ want |
| gebrekkig | ⇆ deficient; ⇆ faulty; ⇆ defective; ⇆ impotent; ⇆ infirm; ⇆ lame; ⇆ wanting |
| gebreklik | ⇆ deformed; ⇆ decrepit; ⇆ disabled |
| geldgebrek | ⇆ impecuniosity; ⇆ penury |
| materiaalgebrek | ⇆ shortage of material |
| plaasgebrek | ⇆ lack of space; ⇆ pressure on space |
| ruimtegebrek | ⇆ lack of space |
| sielsgebrek | ⇆ defect of the mind |
| spraakgebrek | ⇆ impediment in one’s speech; ⇆ speech impediment |
| stylgebrek | ⇆ fault of style |
| tydsgebrek | ⇆ lack of time |