Afrikaans–English dictionary
English translation of the Afrikaans word sterf‐
| Afrikaans | English (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
expire ; pass away | ||
🔗 Sy was baie geheg aan Leonardo, maar het jonk gesterf. | ||
| (doodgaan; sterwe) | ; expire | |
🔗 Die meeste van die mense wat gesterf het, is vroue. | ||
morti de | ||
| (afsterwe; dood) | ||
🔗 Die sterftes bring die aantel slagoffers van die afgelope twee maande se geweld in die area tot op 55. | ||
become extinct | ||
🔗 Die inheemse Amsterdameilandeend (Anas marecula) het in 1800 uitgesterf. | ||
| Afrikaans | English |
|---|---|
| sterf‐ | ⇆ dying; ⇆ mortuary; ⇆ obituary |
| sterf | ⇆ hand in one’s checks; ⇆ depart; ⇆ depart from life; ⇆ depart from this life; ⇆ die; ⇆ fade away; ⇆ expire; ⇆ go off; ⇆ drop off the hooks; ⇆ pass away; ⇆ pass on; ⇆ peg; ⇆ pip out; ⇆ quit the scene; ⇆ sink; ⇆ suffer death |
| in die tuig sterf | ⇆ die in harness |
| sterf aan | ⇆ die of |
| sterf van | ⇆ die of |
| sterf vir | ⇆ die for |
| aansterf | ⇆ inherit |
| afsterf | ⇆ estrange |
| gestorwe | ⇆ dead; ⇆ deceased |
| sterfbed | ⇆ deathbed |
| sterfdag | ⇆ dying day |
| sterfgeval | ⇆ bereavement; ⇆ casuality; ⇆ death; ⇆ casualty |
| sterfkamer | ⇆ death‐room |
| sterflik | ⇆ mortal |
| sterfling | ⇆ earthling; ⇆ mortal; ⇆ mortal being |
| sterfregte | ⇆ death‐duties; ⇆ succession duties |
| sterfsertifikaat | ⇆ death certificate |
| sterfte | ⇆ death; ⇆ death‐rate; ⇆ mortality |
| sterfuur | ⇆ mortal hour |
| sterweling | ⇆ mortal; ⇆ mortal being; ⇆ earthling |
| sterwend | ⇆ expiring; ⇆ in extremis; ⇆ moribund |
| sterwende | ⇆ dying person; ⇆ fey; ⇆ moribund |
| sterwensuur | ⇆ dying hour |
| uitsterf | ⇆ die off; ⇆ become extinct |
| uitsterwe | ⇆ die out |
| versterf | ⇆ death; ⇆ die out; ⇆ mortify |
| versterwe | ⇆ die out; ⇆ mortify |
| wegsterf | ⇆ fade; ⇆ fail; ⇆ swoon |