| Afrikaans | English |
|---|
| vinger | ⇆ digit; ⇆ digital; ⇆ finger |
| deur die vingers laat glip | ⇆ let slip through one’s fingers |
| deur die vingers sien | ⇆ condone; ⇆ connive; ⇆ connive at; ⇆ look through one’s fingers; ⇆ look over; ⇆ overlook; ⇆ pardon; ⇆ wink at |
| die vinger lê op | ⇆ lay one’s finger on |
| die vinger op die wond lê | ⇆ touch a sore place |
| gee hom die vinger en hy neem die hele hand | ⇆ give him an inch and he’ll take an ell |
| iemand om jou vinger draai | ⇆ wind somebody round one’s finger |
| iemand op die vingers tik | ⇆ rap somebody over the knuckles |
| jou vingers brand | ⇆ burn one’s fingers |
| my vingers jeuk om | ⇆ my fingers itch to |
| om die vinger draai | ⇆ turn round one’s little finger; ⇆ twist round one’s little finger |
| op die vingers tik | ⇆ take to task; ⇆ tick off |
| sy vingers aflek | ⇆ lick one’s fingers |
| tussen vinger en neus vertrek | ⇆ take French leave |
| bevinger | ⇆ finger |
| drievingerig | ⇆ tridactylous |
| eenvingerig | ⇆ monodactylous |
| langvingerig | ⇆ light‐fingered; ⇆ sticky‐fingered; ⇆ thievish |
| middelvinger | ⇆ long finger; ⇆ middle finger |
| ringvinger | ⇆ fourth finger; ⇆ ring finger |
| roosvingerig | ⇆ rosy‐fingered |
| viervingerig | ⇆ tetradactyle |
| vingerafdruk | ⇆ dactylogram; ⇆ fingermark; ⇆ fingerprint |
| vingeralfabet | ⇆ deaf‐and‐dumb alphabet; ⇆ manual alphabet |
| vingerband | ⇆ finger‐dressing |
| vingerbeentjie | ⇆ carpal; ⇆ finger‐bone; ⇆ phalange; ⇆ phalanx |
| vingerbreed | ⇆ a finger’s breadth |
| vingerbreedte | ⇆ digit; ⇆ finger‐breadth |
| vingerdik | ⇆ as thick as a finger |
| vingerdoekie | ⇆ doily; ⇆ finger‐cloth |
| vingergaatjie | ⇆ ventage |
| vingergewrig | ⇆ finger‐joint |
| vingerglas | ⇆ finger‐bowl; ⇆ finger‐glass |
| vingergras | ⇆ finger‐grass; ⇆ panic |
| vingerhoed | ⇆ thimble |
| vingerhoedjie | ⇆ foxglove |
| vingerkappie | ⇆ finger‐shield; ⇆ fingerstall |
| vingerkom | ⇆ finger‐bowl |
| vingerloos | ⇆ fingerless |
| vingernael | ⇆ fingernail |
| vingerplant | ⇆ fatsi; ⇆ fig‐leaf palm; ⇆ Japanese aralia; ⇆ paperplant |
| vingerpol | ⇆ euphorbia |
| vingersetting | ⇆ fingering |
| vingerskerm | ⇆ finger guard |
| vingerspraak | ⇆ dactylology |
| vingerstok | ⇆ glove stretcher |
| vingertaal | ⇆ chirology; ⇆ deaf‐and‐dumb language; ⇆ finger‐alphabet; ⇆ finger‐language |
| vingertop | ⇆ fingertip |
| vingervormig | ⇆ digitate; ⇆ digitated; ⇆ finger‐shaped |
| voorvinger | ⇆ forefinger; ⇆ index finger; ⇆ pointer |
| vyfvingerig | ⇆ pentadactylous |
| wysvinger | ⇆ index finger; ⇆ forefinger; ⇆ index |