| Afrikaans | English |
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| nood | ⇆ destitution; ⇆ distress; ⇆ emergency; ⇆ exigence; ⇆ exigency; ⇆ famine; ⇆ necessity; ⇆ need; ⇆ pinch; ⇆ push; ⇆ shortage |
| as die nood aan die man kom | ⇆ if the worst comes to the worst |
| in die nood leer ’n mens jou vriende ken | ⇆ a friend in need is a friend indeed |
| in geval van nood | ⇆ in case of emergency; ⇆ if need be; ⇆ at a push; ⇆ when it comes to the push |
| in nood | ⇆ in distress |
| nood breekt wet | ⇆ necessity knows no law |
| nood leer bid | ⇆ necessity is the mother of invention |
| uit nood | ⇆ from necessity; ⇆ perforce |
| van die nood ’n deug maak | ⇆ make a virtue of necessity |
| asemnood | ⇆ dyspnoea |
| barensnood | ⇆ travail |
| desnoods | ⇆ as need be |
| hongersnood | ⇆ famine; ⇆ dearth; ⇆ starvation |
| noodberig | ⇆ distress‐communication |
| noodbrug | ⇆ temporary bridge |
| nooddeur | ⇆ emergency door; ⇆ escape‐door; ⇆ fire‐exit |
| nooddwang | ⇆ compulsion; ⇆ urgent need |
| noodgedwonge | ⇆ upon compulsion; ⇆ under compulsion; ⇆ perforce; ⇆ willy‐nilly |
| noodgeld | ⇆ emergency money |
| noodgeval | ⇆ emergency |
| noodhalthouding | ⇆ emergency halt |
| noodhulp | ⇆ first aid; ⇆ emergency man; ⇆ subsidiary; ⇆ occasional help; ⇆ palliative; ⇆ stopgap |
| noodketting | ⇆ check‐chain; ⇆ safety‐chain |
| noodkoord | ⇆ communication‐cord |
| noodkoppeling | ⇆ emergency coupling |
| noodkreet | ⇆ cry of alarm |
| noodlanding | ⇆ emergency landing; ⇆ forced landing |
| noodleer | ⇆ accommodation ladder; ⇆ emergency ladder; ⇆ escape‐ladder |
| noodleuen | ⇆ white lie |
| noodlot | ⇆ doom; ⇆ destiny; ⇆ fatality; ⇆ fate; ⇆ weird; ⇆ kismet |
| noodlughawe | ⇆ emergency airport |
| noodluik | ⇆ escape hatch |
| noodlydend | ⇆ distressed; ⇆ necessitous |
| noodmaatreëls | ⇆ emergency measures |
| noodmars | ⇆ forced march |
| noodmas | ⇆ jury‐mast |
| noodploeg | ⇆ emergency squad |
| noodrantsoen | ⇆ emergency rations; ⇆ iron rations |
| noodregulasies | ⇆ emergency regulations |
| noodrem | ⇆ communication‐cord; ⇆ emergency‐brake; ⇆ safety‐brake |
| noodring | ⇆ ferrule |
| noodroer | ⇆ jury‐rudder |
| noodsein | ⇆ signal of distress; ⇆ distress signal; ⇆ waft |
| noodskakelaar | ⇆ emergency switch |
| noodskoot | ⇆ distress‐gun |
| noodskop | ⇆ fly‐kick |
| noodsloot | ⇆ flood‐ditch |
| noodstok | ⇆ niblick |
| noodtenk | ⇆ emergency tank |
| noodtoestand | ⇆ state of emergency |
| noodtrap | ⇆ fire‐escape |
| nooduitgang | ⇆ emergency exit |
| noodverband | ⇆ first‐aid bandage |
| noodverligting | ⇆ emergency lighting |
| noodverpleging | ⇆ emergency nursing |
| noodvlag | ⇆ flag of distress |
| noodvliegveld | ⇆ airstrip; ⇆ emergency aerodrome |
| noodvoor | ⇆ storm‐water drain |
| noodvoorraad | ⇆ emergency stock; ⇆ reserve; ⇆ stockpile |
| noodwal | ⇆ emergency embankment |
| noodwet | ⇆ emergency act |
| noodwiel | ⇆ fifth wheel; ⇆ spare wheel |
| noodwoning | ⇆ emergency dwelling |
| volksnood | ⇆ national emergency |
| waternood | ⇆ water famine |
| watersnood | ⇆ inundation |