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AL / AT / AI
AL... algebra • algebra albatross • albatros alcohol • alkohol album • album algorithm • algoritme allergy • allergie alloy • allooi almond • amandel alphabet • alfabet alto • alt altruism • altruïsme AT... atlas • atlas athlete • atleet athletics • atletiek atmosphere • atmosfeer ...AI... pair • paar pain • pyn bail • baal brain • brein thumbnail • duimnael drain • drein train • trein fail • faal maid • meid sail • seil hair • haar BR...
brain • brein brush • borsel break • breek brand • brand brandy • brandewyn brave • braaf bread • brood brother • broe(de)r brew(ery) • brou(ery) bridge • brug brigade • brigade brilliant • briljant bride • bruid bridegroom • bruidegom bring • bring broad • breed broken • gebroke bronze • brons brown • bruin brutal • brutaal CA...
CA cabinet • kabinet cable • kabel cactus • kaktus cadet • kadet cafeteria • kafeteria cafe • kafee calf • kalf calorie • kalorie camel • kameel camera • kamera camp • kamp can • kan canal • kanaal cancel • kanselleer cancer • kanker cannibal • kannibaal cannon • kanon canton • kanton cap • kap car • kar cat • kat carve • kerf catalogue • katalogus C... / CH... / ...CK
C circle • sirkel cigar • sigaar cycle • siklus cipher • syfer civil • sifiel clarinet • klarinet classic • klassiek classify • klassifiseer class • klas clause • klousule clavier • klavier clay • klei clerk • klerk climate • klimaat code • kode CH... chain • ketting chip • keep chamber • kamer champion • kampioen chancellor • kanselier chance • kans chapel • kapel chaos • chaos chaplin • kapelaan chart • kaart cherry • kersie chew • kou chicken • kuiken chin • ken/kin chirp • tjirp choose • kies choice • keuse choir • koor chop • kap choral • koraal chef • sjef chocolate • sjokolade charm • sjarme ...CK seasick • seesiek stick • stok sock • sok truck • trok sack • sak thick • dik neck • nek wreck • wrak rock • rots F
F > F or V feel • voel fund • fonds fine • fyn fat • vet finger • vinger father • vader fall • val false • vals fast • vas fight • veg for • vir four • vier far • ver fish • vis flag • vlag full • vol fold • vou friend • vriend free • vry fire • vuur H...
H... hair • haar harbor • hawe hay • hooi helicopter • helikopter herder • herder help • help her • haar hospital • hospitaal hard • hard handbook • handboek half • half hailstorm • haelstorm house • huise hundred • honderd SCH... / SH... Flash is required!
SCH... schedule • skedule scheme • skema school • skool SH... shade/shadow • skaduwee shaft • skag shame • skaam shake • skut sharp • skerp shave • skaaf/skeer shears • skêr sheath • skede shell • skulp sheep • skaap shield • skild shine • skyn ship • skip shock • skok shoemaker • skoenmaker shoot • skiet shot • skoot short(x2) • skort/kort shoulder • skouer shovel • skoffel show • skou SK... / SCR... / SL... / SW...
SK... skate • skaats skull • skedel skeletal • skelet skeptic • skepties sketch • skets ski • ski skew • skeef skirmish • skermutseling SCR... scrape • skraap scream • skree(u) screw • skroef scripture • skrifte SL... slave • slaaf sleigh • slee sleep • slaap slim • slim slime • slym slot • slot slurp • slurp slang • slang SW... sword • swaard swim • swem swing/swerve • swaai STR...
STR... stripe • streep straw • strooi strew • strooi stroke • strook street • straat strive • streef stream • stroom strategy • strategie strand • strand stove • stoof TH... / ...TH Flash is required!
TH... thank • dank the • die that • dat then • dan there • daar thick • dik thing • ding think • dink thin • dun thief • dief three • drie third • derde thirteen • dertien thirty • dertig thirst • dors thorn • doring thousand • duisend theater • teater theme • tema theology • teologie theory • teorie therapy • terapie thermometer • termometer thesis • tesis ...TH moth • mot betroth • trou bath • bad mouth • mond birth • geboorte earth • aarde death • dood hearth • haard oath • eed path • pad sabbath • sabbat silversmith • silwersmid south • suid worth • waarde FF
...FF buffalo • buffel buffer • buffer caffeine • kafeïne chaff • kaf buffet • buffet chauffeur • chauffeur cliff • kloof coffer • koffer official • offisieel off • af puff • pof stiff • styf toffee • toffie affect • affekteer affair • affêre bluff • bluf chaff • kaf offensive • offensief PH
...PH... asphalt • asfalt biography • biografie decipher • ontsyfer graphic • grafiek telephone • telefoon Joseph • Josef microphone • mikrofoon phase • fase phrase • frase physics • fisika prophet • profeet prophecy • profesie sphere • sfeer sulphate • sulfaat trophy • trofee typhoon • tifoon alphabet • alfabet philosophy • filosofie atmosphere • atmosfeer cipher • syfer EA (1)
EA > E beak • bek leak • lek pearl • pêrel easel • esel EA > EE bear • beer beast • bees daybreak • dagbreek deal • deel eat • eet feast • fees feather • veer weather • weer instead • instede idea • idee heavy • hewig lean • lenig learn • leer leather • leer mean • gemeen neat • net/netjies pear • peer preach • preek sea • see sweat • sweet swear • sweer tea • tee seal • seël smear • smeer speak • spreek steal • steel weave • weef wreak • wreek EA (2)
EA > OO heap • hoop leap • loop bean • boon dead • dood dream • droom deaf • doof hear • hoor ear • oor beam/boom • boom (balk) cream • room steam • stoom stream • stroom great • groot inseam • insoom lead (metal) • lood (metaal) east • oos flea • flooi EA > AA beacon • baken creak • kraak thread • draad year • jaar hearth • haard meal • maal measles • masels nearby • naby EA > OTHER heart • hart peak • piek area • area deacon • diaken ideal • ideaal ocean • oseaan plead • pleit lead/leader • lei/leier jealous • jaloers heat • hitte EE
seek • soek week • week deep • diep steer • stuur feed • voed speed • spoed sleep • slaap bee • by beeswax • byewas beer • bier bleed/blood • bloei/bloed breed • broei cheek • kies cheese • kaas coffee • koffie creep • kruip sweet/sweat • soet/sweet deed • daad discreet • diskreet feel • voel feelers • voelers fleece • vlies free • vry freeze • vries wheel • wiel green • groen greet • groet meet • ontmoet need • nood sheep • skaap sneeze • nies steal/steel • steel/staal reef • rif reek • ruik OO / OA
...OO... room/chamber • ruim/kamer blood • bloed foot • voet bamboo • bamboes bloom/flower • blom/fleur good • goed hood/hat • hoed door • deur hook/corner • hak/hoek snoot • snoet look • lyk loose • los stool • stoel troops • troepe pool • poel food • voedsel floor • vloer book • boek cookie • koekie harpoon • harpoen scoop • skoppie roof/(rob) • dak/(roof) ...OA... board • bord iceboat • ysboot broad • breed coal • kool hoard • horde coach • koets soap • seep loan • lening/leen oak • eike oasis • oasis oath • eed ...GH / ...OW / ...EW
...GH bough/bow • buig/boeg laugh • lag weigh • weeg dough • deeg high • hoog rough • rof trough • troffel plough • ploeg sigh • sug ...OW low • laag flow/flood • vloei/vloed cow • koei crow • kraai rainbow • reënboog elbow • elmboog follow • volg plow • ploeg show • skou snow • sneeu widow • weduwee tow • tou claw • klou ...EW dew • dou new • nuut brew • brou flew/fly • flieg grow/grew • groei ...MB / ...UM
...MB thumb • duim dumb • dom comb • kam bomb • bom crumb • krummel lamb • lam climb • klim ...UM album • album drum • drom forum • forum sum • som scum • skuim ...ND
...ND blind • blind bind • bind band • band blond • blond friend • vriend land • land find • vind end • einde hound • hond ground • grond wind • wind hand • hand sand • sand lend • leen kind • kind legend • legende spend • spandeer pound • pond strand • strand stand • staan ...RM / ...LM / KN...
...RM arm • arm warm • warm alarm • alarm firm • ferm storm • storm charm • sjarme term • term worm • wurm form • vorm ...LM calm • kalm palm • palm balm • balsem psalm • psalm film • film helm • helm KN... knee • knie knead • knie knight • kneg knob • knop knot • knoop know • ken knuckle • kneukel gnaw • knaag ...RP / ...RT/RD / ...RK
...RP chirp • tjirp carp • karp ...RT/RD apart • apart cart • kar chart/card • kaart fort • fort passport • paspoort sport • sport short • kort tart(pie) • tert sort • soort cord • koord beard • baard sword • swaard word • woord forward • voorwaards ...RK clerk • klerk aardvark • aardvark work • werk fork • vurk mark • merk market • mark ...ST / ...EST
...ST * -te plural (e.g nes > neste) activist • aktivis* botanist • botanis* extremist • extremis* gymnast • gimnas* methodist • metodis* passivist • passivis* pianist • pianis* test • toets rest • rus* nest • nes* pest • pes* post • pos* most • mees* wurst • wors burst • bars* chest • kas* coast • kus* cost • kos contrast • kontras* feast • fees* fist • vuis* ghost/spook • gees*/spook guest • gas* lost • los wanderlust/lust • wanderlus/lus* mast • mas* rust • rus* priest • priester roast • rooster paste • pasta haste • haas chaste • kuis breast • bors* ...EST • ...STE calm>calmer>calmest • kalm>kalmer>kalmste hard>harder>hardest • hard>harder>hardste rough>rougher>roughest • rof>rowwer>rofste strong>stronger>strongest • sterk>sterker>sterkest For many more, see Degrees of Comparison Vir nog baie, sien Trappe van Vergelyking Cognatesfrom German & Greekfrom Latin: -EEL and -AALfrom Latin: -EERfrom Latin: -ISMEfrom Latin: -SIEfrom Latin: -TEITReference ListsCognates ►Idiomatic Language ►HomonymsHomophonesAbbreviationsCountries (list)Woordeskat/VocabularyGrammar Related ►The Basics ►Descriptions ►People ►Nature ►Geography ►Communication ►Technology ►Reference Lists ►
Jacques du Plessis -- 22-07-2011 - questions/feedback/comments?