| English | Afrikaans |
|---|
| knife | ⇆ deurstéek; ⇆ deurstéék; ⇆ lem; ⇆ mes; ⇆ met ’n mes aanbring; ⇆ sny |
| before one can say knife | ⇆ in ’n kits |
| dessert knife | ⇆ dessertmes |
| fish knife | ⇆ vismes |
| flayer’s knife | ⇆ slagmes; ⇆ vilmes |
| have one’s knife into somebody | ⇆ op iemand pik; ⇆ ’n wrok koester teen iemand |
| knife sharpener | ⇆ messlyper; ⇆ slypstaal |
| oyster knife | ⇆ oestermes |
| ply a good knife and fork | ⇆ lekker weglê; ⇆ smaaklik eet |
| sacrificial knife | ⇆ offermes |
| scraping knife | ⇆ afstootmes |
| war to the knife | ⇆ stryd op lewe en dood |
| bowie‐knife | ⇆ bowiemes |
| budding‐knife | ⇆ okuleermes |
| butter‐knife | ⇆ bottermes |
| carving‐knife | ⇆ grootmes; ⇆ transeermes; ⇆ vleismes; ⇆ voorsnymes |
| case‐knife | ⇆ skedemes |
| chopping‐knife | ⇆ hakmes; ⇆ kapmes; ⇆ kerfmes |
| clasp‐knife | ⇆ knipmes |
| dissecting‐knife | ⇆ ontleedmes |
| drawing‐knife | ⇆ hoefmes; ⇆ speekskaaf |
| draw‐knife | ⇆ trekmes |
| flaying‐knife | ⇆ afslagmes |
| fleshing‐knife | ⇆ skaafmes; ⇆ stootmes |
| fruit‐knife | ⇆ vrugtemessie |
| grafting‐knife | ⇆ entmes |
| hacking‐knife | ⇆ hakmes; ⇆ kapmes |
| hedge‐knife | ⇆ snoeimes |
| hunting‐knife | ⇆ grootmes; ⇆ herneutermes; ⇆ jagmes |
| incision‐knife | ⇆ lanset |
| jack‐knife | ⇆ herneutermes; ⇆ knipmes |
| knife‐blade | ⇆ lem |
| knife‐board | ⇆ mesplank; ⇆ slypplank |
| knife‐boy | ⇆ messkoonmaker |
| knife‐cleaner | ⇆ mespoetser |
| knife‐edge | ⇆ mes; ⇆ snykant |
| knife‐grinder | ⇆ messlyper |
| knife‐haft | ⇆ meshef |
| knife‐handle | ⇆ meshef |
| knife‐polish | ⇆ slyppoeier |
| knife‐powder | ⇆ mespoeier |
| knife‐rest | ⇆ meslêer |
| knife‐sheath | ⇆ messak; ⇆ messkede |
| knife‐tray | ⇆ messebak |
| marking‐knife | ⇆ merkmes; ⇆ trekpen |
| palette‐knife | ⇆ paletmes; ⇆ spatel; ⇆ tempermes |
| paper‐knife | ⇆ papiermes; ⇆ voubeen |
| paring‐knife | ⇆ halfmes; ⇆ hoefmes |
| pen‐knife | ⇆ knipmes; ⇆ pennemes; ⇆ sakmes |
| pocket‐knife | ⇆ sakmes |
| pruning‐knife | ⇆ snoeimes |
| putty‐knife | ⇆ glasmakersmes |
| riving‐knife | ⇆ kloofyster |
| tasting‐knife | ⇆ kaasboor |