English–Afrikaans dictionary

Afrikaans translation of the English word sharp

English	Afrikaans (translated indirectly)	Esperanto
sharp (exactly; accurately; faithfully; narrowly; precisely)	presies	precize
sharp (lurid; keen; poignant; waspish; pungent; acrimonious)	skerp	akra
🔗 European spindle wood is very hard, and can be cut to a sharp point
sharp (strict; austere; hard; harsh; stern; bad; severe)	streng	severa
sharp (acrid)	skerp	akra
🔗 The scenes of people greeting Ukrainian troops across the region are in sharp contrast to claims by Russian‐appointed officials in Cherson six weeks ago that 87% of voters there supported integration into the Russian Federation, in a referendum widely condemned by the international community as an illegal sham.
sharpen (whet)	skerpmaak ; wet ; slyp	akrigi
sharply (harshly; incisively)	skerp	akre
🔗 Democrats sharply criticized president Donald Trump’s calls on lawmakers Sunday to investigate his baseless claim that former president Barack Obama tapped his phone.
sharply (austerely; harshly; severely; sternly; strictly)	streng	severe
🔗 The man in the hood spoke sharply.

English	Afrikaans
sharp	⇆ bedrieë; ⇆ bedrieg; ⇆ bitsig; ⇆ bytend; ⇆ deurdringend; ⇆ dur; ⇆ gepeper; ⇆ geslepe; ⇆ gevat; ⇆ gewiks; ⇆ gou; ⇆ hooglopend; ⇆ kruis; ⇆ kul; ⇆ oorlams; ⇆ oulik; ⇆ presies; ⇆ puntig; ⇆ skelm speel; ⇆ skerp; ⇆ skerpsinnig; ⇆ skerpsnydend; ⇆ skril; ⇆ slim; ⇆ snedig; ⇆ snugger; ⇆ spits; ⇆ vals; ⇆ vinnig
as sharp as a needle	⇆ so skerp soos ’n naald
at … sharp	⇆ presies om …
F sharp	⇆ fis
a sharp tongue	⇆ ’n tong soos ’n skeermes
keep a sharp lookout	⇆ fyn oplet
pull up sharp	⇆ skielik inhou
sharp attack	⇆ hewige aanval
sharp contrast	⇆ skerp teenstelling
sharp curve	⇆ skerp draai
sharp fight	⇆ hewige geveg
sharp gallop	⇆ vinnige galop
sharp practices	⇆ knoeiery; ⇆ kullery; ⇆ oneerlike handelwyse
sharp turn	⇆ kort draai
sing sharp	⇆ te goog sing
double‐sharp	⇆ dubbelkruis
sharpen	⇆ aanpunt; ⇆ aanskerp; ⇆ aanslyp; ⇆ opskerp; ⇆ skerpmaak; ⇆ slyp; ⇆ wet
sharper	⇆ bedrieër; ⇆ kaartknoeier; ⇆ kuller; ⇆ swendelaar
sharp‐cut	⇆ skerp besnede
sharp‐ground	⇆ skerp geslyp
sharp‐set	⇆ begerig; ⇆ uitgehonger
sharpshooter	⇆ skerpskutter
sharp‐sighted	⇆ skerpsiend; ⇆ skerpsinnig
sharp‐tongued	⇆ snipperig
sharp‐witted	⇆ geestig; ⇆ gevat; ⇆ skrander