Afrikaans–English dictionary
English translation of the Afrikaans word sterwe
| Afrikaans | English (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (doodgaan; sterf) | expire | |
🔗 En in daardie lang tyd het die koning van Egipte gesterwe. | ||
| (dood; sterfte) | ||
🔗 Ten tyde van sy onlangse afsterwe het 11 van hulle nog gelewe, berig die Oegandese koerant New Vision. | ||
| Afrikaans | English |
|---|---|
| sterwe | close one’s days; decease; dying; expire; fade away; pass away; pass on; pay one’s debt to nature; pip out; quit the scene; sink; suffer death |
| op sterwe | at the point of death |
| op sterwe lê | be dying |
| op sterwe na dood | be at death’s door |
| afsterwe | estrange; death |
| gestorwe | dead; deceased |
| sterweling | mortal; mortal being; earthling |
| sterwend | expiring; in extremis; moribund |
| sterwende | dying person; fey; moribund |
| sterwensuur | dying hour |
| uitsterwe | die out |
| versterwe | die out; mortify |
| wegsterwe | fade; fail; swoon |