English–Afrikaans dictionary
Afrikaans translation of the English word grave
| English | Afrikaans (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (alarming; disquieting; disturbing; perturbing; unsettling; worrying) | ||
| (tomb; sepulchre) | ||
🔗 Nor is it the grave of his father, Neleus. | ||
| (important; serious; key; significant; weighty; fateful; consequential) | ||
gravedigger | ||
gravely (importantly; seriously; significantly; badly) | ||
| (cemetery; God’s acre; churchyard) | ||
🔗 Meanwhile, in Kostroma’s graveyard there is plenty of evidence of the price of failure in Russia’s invasion. | ||
| English | Afrikaans |
|---|---|
| grave | ⇆ bedenklik; ⇆ deftig; ⇆ diep; ⇆ donker; ⇆ ernstig; ⇆ gevaarlik; ⇆ gewigtig; ⇆ graf; ⇆ graveer; ⇆ grif; ⇆ inbeitel; ⇆ plegtig; ⇆ skoonbrand; ⇆ stemmig; ⇆ swaar |
| as still as the grave | ⇆ doodstil |
| a watery grave | ⇆ ’n graf in die golwe; ⇆ ’n watergraf |
| be as still as the grave | ⇆ doodstil wees; ⇆ soos die graf swyg |
| family grave | ⇆ familiegraf |
| from the cradle to the grave | ⇆ van die wieg tot die graf |
| grave accent | ⇆ swaar toonteken |
| graven image | ⇆ gesnede beeld |
| have one foot in the grave | ⇆ met een voet in die graf staan |
| sink into the grave | ⇆ ten grawe daal |
| turn in one’s grave | ⇆ in sy graf omdraai |
| war grave | ⇆ oorlogsgraf |
| grave‐clothes | ⇆ doodsklere |
| grave‐desecration | ⇆ grafskennis |
| gravedigger | ⇆ doodgrawer; ⇆ grafmaker |
| graven | ⇆ gebeitel; ⇆ gegrif; ⇆ gesnede |
| graver | ⇆ graveernaald; ⇆ graveur; ⇆ radeernaald |
| grave‐register | ⇆ grafboek |
| gravestone | ⇆ grafsteen |
| graveyard | ⇆ begraafplaas; ⇆ godsakker; ⇆ kerkhof |
| graving | ⇆ gravering; ⇆ snywerk |