Afrikaans–English dictionary
English translation of the Afrikaans word sin
| Afrikaans | English (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| ; ; ; lunatic | ||
🔗 Hamlet stem in en besluit om homself as kranksinnig voor te doen in ’n poging om agterdog te verhoed. | ||
obtuse ; ; unintelligent | ||
| Afrikaans | English |
|---|---|
| sin | ⇆ brood; ⇆ fancy; ⇆ inclination; ⇆ intendment; ⇆ liking; ⇆ meaning; ⇆ mind; ⇆ muse; ⇆ ponder; ⇆ purport; ⇆ sense; ⇆ sentence; ⇆ shine; ⇆ spirit; ⇆ will |
| die sinne streel | ⇆ gratify the senses |
| in die beperkte sin | ⇆ in the narrow sense |
| soveel hoofde, soveel sinne | ⇆ so many heads, so many minds; ⇆ so many men, so many minds |
| sy sin kry | ⇆ carry one’s point; ⇆ have things all one’s own way; ⇆ get one’s way; ⇆ have one’s will |
| sy sinne sit op | ⇆ set one’s heart on; ⇆ set one’s mind on |
| veelvoudige sin | ⇆ compound sentence |
| afstandsin | ⇆ distance perception |
| andersins | ⇆ otherwise; ⇆ in another way |
| burgersin | ⇆ civic spirit; ⇆ public spirit |
| bysin | ⇆ clause; ⇆ subordinate clause |
| diepsinnig | ⇆ abstract; ⇆ abstracted; ⇆ abstruse; ⇆ deep; ⇆ profound; ⇆ recondite |
| dolsinnig | ⇆ rash; ⇆ hare‐brained; ⇆ headlong |
| eiesinnig | ⇆ capricious; ⇆ contrary; ⇆ obstinate; ⇆ opinionated; ⇆ opinionative; ⇆ pigheaded; ⇆ refractory; ⇆ self‐willed; ⇆ unyielding; ⇆ wayward; ⇆ wilful; ⇆ wrong‐headed |
| gemeenskapsin | ⇆ gregariousness; ⇆ sociality |
| hoofsin | ⇆ principal sentence |
| kranksinnig | ⇆ brain‐sick; ⇆ crack‐brained; ⇆ crazy; ⇆ demented; ⇆ distracted; ⇆ insane; ⇆ lunacy; ⇆ lunatic; ⇆ mad; ⇆ paranoiac; ⇆ frenetic; ⇆ unhinged |
| padsin | ⇆ road‐sense |
| reuksin | ⇆ olfaction; ⇆ scent; ⇆ sense of smell |
| rigtingsin | ⇆ sense of direction |
| singenot | ⇆ pleasure |
| sinlik | ⇆ animal; ⇆ bestial; ⇆ brute; ⇆ carnal; ⇆ fleshly; ⇆ lustful; ⇆ sensual; ⇆ sensuous; ⇆ voluptuous |
| sinloos | ⇆ inane; ⇆ meaningless |
| sinryk | ⇆ ingenious; ⇆ witty; ⇆ sententious; ⇆ terse |
| sinsbedrog | ⇆ delusion; ⇆ hallucination; ⇆ illusion |
| sinsbou | ⇆ construction |
| sinsdeel | ⇆ clause; ⇆ phrase |
| sinsgenot | ⇆ sensual pleasure |
| sinsindruk | ⇆ sensorial impression |
| sinsnede | ⇆ clause; ⇆ phrase |
| sinspreuk | ⇆ apophthegm; ⇆ device; ⇆ motto; ⇆ gnome |
| sinstrelend | ⇆ sensuous |
| sinsverbystering | ⇆ bewilderment; ⇆ confusion of mind; ⇆ daze |
| sinsverrukking | ⇆ transport |
| sinsverwarring | ⇆ derangement |
| sintuig | ⇆ sense‐organ; ⇆ sense; ⇆ organ of sense |
| sinverwant | ⇆ synonymous |
| sinvol | ⇆ meaningful; ⇆ purposeful |
| skerpsinnig | ⇆ acute; ⇆ argute; ⇆ astute; ⇆ cute; ⇆ discriminating; ⇆ judicious; ⇆ penetrating; ⇆ keen; ⇆ penetrant; ⇆ penetrative; ⇆ perceiving; ⇆ perspicacious; ⇆ quick‐witted; ⇆ sagacious; ⇆ sharp; ⇆ sharp‐sighted; ⇆ shrewd; ⇆ subtle; ⇆ subtle‐witted |
| skoonheidsin | ⇆ sense of beauty |
| slagsin | ⇆ slogan |
| stompsinnig | ⇆ dense; ⇆ dull; ⇆ slow‐witted; ⇆ stupid |
| swaksinnig | ⇆ feeble‐minded; ⇆ mentally deficient; ⇆ flighty; ⇆ imbecile |
| tassin | ⇆ tactile sense; ⇆ taction; ⇆ touch |
| teensin | ⇆ antipathy; ⇆ aversion; ⇆ disgust; ⇆ disinclination; ⇆ dislike; ⇆ disrelish; ⇆ distaste; ⇆ kick; ⇆ ill will; ⇆ reluctance; ⇆ reluctancy; ⇆ repugnance; ⇆ scunner; ⇆ unwillingness |
| tussensin | ⇆ parenthesis; ⇆ parenthetical clause |
| uitroepsin | ⇆ interjectional sentence |
| uitsinnig | ⇆ demented; ⇆ rash; ⇆ foolish |
| versin | ⇆ bethink oneself of; ⇆ coin; ⇆ concoct; ⇆ contrive; ⇆ devise; ⇆ fabricate; ⇆ excogitate; ⇆ feign; ⇆ feigned; ⇆ frame; ⇆ hammer; ⇆ make up; ⇆ trump up; ⇆ vamp |
| versinlik | ⇆ carnalize; ⇆ sensualize |
| voorsin | ⇆ protasis |
| vryheidsin | ⇆ spirit of liberty |
| vrysinnig | ⇆ broad; ⇆ liberal; ⇆ latitudinarian; ⇆ latitudinous |
| waansin | ⇆ craziness; ⇆ delirium; ⇆ dementia; ⇆ distraction; ⇆ fury; ⇆ frenzy; ⇆ insanity; ⇆ lunacy; ⇆ madness; ⇆ mania; ⇆ phrenitis |
| weersin | ⇆ antipathy; ⇆ aversion; ⇆ disaffection; ⇆ dislike; ⇆ loathing; ⇆ mislike; ⇆ repugnance; ⇆ repulsion |