| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| knoop | ⇆ bend; ⇆ burl; ⇆ button; ⇆ crux; ⇆ junction; ⇆ knot; ⇆ ligature; ⇆ mesh; ⇆ net; ⇆ node; ⇆ nodus; ⇆ noose; ⇆ plot; ⇆ ravel; ⇆ rub; ⇆ swear; ⇆ tangle; ⇆ tie |
| daar lê die knoop | ⇆ that’s where the shoe pinches; ⇆ there’s the rub |
| die Gordiaanse knoop deurhak | ⇆ cut the Gordian knot |
| die knoop deurhak | ⇆ cut the Gordian knot; ⇆ cut the knot |
| Gordiaanse knoop | ⇆ Gordian knot |
| in sy oor knoop | ⇆ make a mental note of |
| aanknoop | ⇆ enter; ⇆ enter into; ⇆ fasten; ⇆ tie on to; ⇆ begin |
| aanmekaarknoop | ⇆ knot; ⇆ tie together; ⇆ fasten together |
| afhegknoop | ⇆ crown knot |
| boordjieknoop | ⇆ collar‐stud; ⇆ stud; ⇆ shirt‐stud |
| broeksknoop | ⇆ trouser‐button |
| dermknoop | ⇆ ileus |
| drukknoop | ⇆ press‐button; ⇆ press stud |
| duisendknoop | ⇆ knotweed; ⇆ knotgrass |
| haarknoop | ⇆ club |
| hoedeknoopsteek | ⇆ milliner’s knot |
| kniehalterknoop | ⇆ hog‐tie |
| knoopderm | ⇆ guttie; ⇆ intussusception |
| knooplus | ⇆ frog |
| knoopnetwerk | ⇆ netting |
| knoopplaat | ⇆ gusset; ⇆ gusset‐plate |
| knooppunt | ⇆ node |
| knoopwerk | ⇆ frivolité; ⇆ knotting; ⇆ knotwork; ⇆ macramé; ⇆ tatting |
| kruisknoop | ⇆ reef‐knot |
| liefdeknoop | ⇆ love‐knot |
| losknoop | ⇆ unbutton; ⇆ undo; ⇆ untie |
| mansjetknoop | ⇆ cuff‐link; ⇆ sleeve‐link |
| maswerkknoop | ⇆ clove hitch |
| mousknoop | ⇆ sleeve‐link |
| ouvrouknoop | ⇆ granny knot |
| padknoop | ⇆ road‐junction |
| peesknoop | ⇆ ganglion |
| perlemoerknoop | ⇆ pearl button |
| platknoop | ⇆ reef‐knot |
| saamknoop | ⇆ correlate |
| seemansknoop | ⇆ running knot |
| senuweeknoop | ⇆ ganglion; ⇆ knot; ⇆ nerve‐knot |
| skuifknoop | ⇆ runner; ⇆ running button; ⇆ running knot; ⇆ slide‐knot; ⇆ sliding knot; ⇆ slip‐knot |
| slipknoop | ⇆ slip‐knot |
| slurpknoop | ⇆ lanyard‐knot |
| spoorwegknoop | ⇆ railway junction |
| stingelknoop | ⇆ node |
| toeknoop | ⇆ button; ⇆ clasp; ⇆ knit up |
| tussenknoop | ⇆ internode |
| verkeersknoop | ⇆ traffic jam; ⇆ jam |
| wantknoop | ⇆ shroud‐knot |
| wewersknoop | ⇆ single bend |