English–Afrikaans dictionary
Afrikaans translation of the English word death
| English | Afrikaans (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| ; ; | ||
🔗 Death was indeed there. | ||
🔗 Under Pakistan’s constitution, high treason is a crime that carries the death penalty or life imprisonment. | ||
| (number of dead) | nombro da mortintoj | |
🔗 Estimates on total losses vary, but most US and European officials put the Russian death toll at well over 60,000. | ||
| (execute) | ||
🔗 Six of them, five foreigners and one Indonesian, have already been put to death since he came to power. | ||
| (shoot dead; shoot) | ||
| English | Afrikaans |
|---|---|
| death | afsterwe; dood; ent; oorlyde; sterfgeval; sterfte; uiteinde; versterf; versterwing |
| a matter of life and death | ’n lewenskwessie; ’n saak van dood of lewe |
| apparent death | skyndood |
| as sure as death | doodseker; so seker as twee maal twee vier is; so seker as wat; so waar as mens leef |
| at death’s door | aan die rand van die graf |
| at the point of death | op sterwe |
| be at death’s door | in doodsgevaar verkeer; op sterwe na dood |
| be the death of | die dood veroorsaak van |
| black death | pes |
| bleed to death | doodbloei |
| bored to death | doodverveel |
| condemn to death | ter dood veroordeel |
| dance of death | dodedans |
| death blow | doodhou; doodsteek; genadeslag; nekslag |
| death certificate | doodsertifikaat; sterfsertifikaat |
| death pays all scores | die dood maak alles gelyk |
| death quits all scores | die dood sleg alle geskille |
| death’s door | die kake van die dood |
| death sentence | doodstraf |
| do to death | doodmaak; om die lewe bring; tot vervelens toe doen |
| expiatory death | versoeningsdood |
| field of death | slagveld |
| flirt with death | die dood trotseer |
| freeze to death | doodvries |
| frighten to death | laat doodskrik |
| gamble with death | die dood trotseer |
| like grim death | op lewe en dood |
| martyr’s death | marteldood |
| meet death | die dood tegemoetgaan |
| meet one’s death | sy dood vind |
| natural death | natuurlike dood |
| on pain of death | op doodstraf; op straffe des doods |
| pangs of death | doodstuipe |
| peril of death | doodsgevaar |
| put to death | doodmaak; ter dood bring; teregstel |
| redeeming death | soendood |
| ride a willing horse to death | misbruik maak van iemand se goedheid |
| sentence of death | doodvonnis |
| struggle to death | stryd op lewe en dood |
| suffer death | sterf; sterwe |
| the jaws of death | die kake van die dood |
| tired to death | doodmoeg |
| to the death | tot die dood |
| under sentence of death | ter dood veroordeel |
| work to death | dood laat werk |
| death‐agony | doodsangs |
| deathbed | sterfbed |
| death‐bell | doodsklok |
| death‐cup | slangkos |
| death‐damp | dodedans; doodsweet |
| death‐dealing | dodelik |
| death‐duties | sterfregte |
| death‐knell | doodsklok |
| deathless | onsterflik |
| deathlike | doods; doodstil |
| deathly | dodelik |
| death‐mask | dodemasker |
| death‐notice | doodsberig; doodstyding |
| death‐rate | sterfte; sterftesyfer |
| death‐rattle | doodsroggel; geroggel |
| death‐ray | doodstraal |
| death‐register | sterfteregister |
| death‐roll | dodelys |
| death‐room | sterfkamer |
| death’s‐head | doodshoof; doodskop |
| death‐song | swanesang |
| death‐stroke | doodslag; genadeslag |
| death‐struggle | doodstryd; doodsworsteling; sielstryd; sieltoging |
| death‐trap | lewensgewaarlike plek |
| death‐warrant | eksekusiebevel |
| death‐watch | houtkewer |