These are the 100 most useful Afrikaans adjectives from our beginner course - the words that describe people, places and feelings. With them you can express opinions from day one.
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| # | Adjective | Afrikaans |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | big | groot |
| 2 | small | klein |
| 3 | tall | lank |
| 4 | short | kort |
| 5 | ugly | lelik |
| 6 | young | jonk |
| 7 | old | oud |
| 8 | new | nuut |
| 9 | fast | vinnig |
| 10 | slow | stadig |
| 11 | rich | ryk |
| 12 | poor | arm |
| 13 | clean | skoon |
| 14 | dirty | vuil |
| 15 | hot | warm |
| 16 | cold | koud |
| 17 | warm | warm |
| 18 | cool | cool |
| 19 | sweet | soet |
| 20 | sour | suur |
| 21 | bitter | bitter |
| 22 | salty | sout |
| 23 | bright | helder |
| 24 | dark | donker |
| 25 | light | lig |
| 26 | heavy | swaar |
| 27 | soft | sag |
| 28 | hard | hard |
| 29 | powerful | magtig |
| 30 | weak | swak |
| 31 | clear | helder |
| 32 | cloudy | bewolk |
| 33 | sharp | skerp |
| 34 | dull | stomp |
| 35 | flexible | buigsaam |
| 36 | stiff | styf |
| 37 | smooth | glad |
| 38 | rough | grof |
| 39 | delicious | heerlik |
| 40 | thick | dik |
| 41 | thin | dun |
| 42 | high | hoog |
| 43 | low | laag |
| 44 | narrow | smal |
| 45 | tight | nou |
| 46 | loose | los |
| 47 | round | rond |
| 48 | flat | plat |
| 49 | broken | stukkend |
| 50 | slippery | glad |
| 51 | colorful | kleurvol |
| 52 | fresh | vars |
| 53 | spicy | skerp |
| 54 | sunny | sonnig |
| 55 | juicy | sappig |
| 56 | strong | sterk |
| 57 | ripe | ryp |
| 58 | raw | rou |
| 59 | frozen | gevries |
| 60 | cute | oulik |
| 61 | rainy | reënerig |
| 62 | foggy | mistig |
| 63 | cozy | gesellig |
| 64 | crowded | stampvol |
| 65 | tidy | netjies |
| 66 | messy | deurmekaar |
| 67 | alive | lewendig |
| 68 | fit | fiks |
| 69 | wooden | van hout |
| 70 | dim | dof |
| 71 | blunt | stomp |
| 72 | dizzy | duiselig |
| 73 | mild | matig |
| 74 | graceful | sierlik |
| 75 | clumsy | lomp |
| 76 | brown | bruin |
| 77 | shaky | wankelrig |
| 78 | white | wit |
| 79 | green | groen |
| 80 | black | swart |
| 81 | hungry | honger |
| 82 | blue | blou |
| 83 | red | rooi |
| 84 | glossy | glansend |
| 85 | beautiful | pragtig |
| 86 | gray | grys |
| 87 | pretty | mooi |
| 88 | wet | nat |
| 89 | wide | breed |
| 90 | deep | diep |
| 91 | spacious | ruim |
| 92 | delicate | delikaat |
| 93 | hollow | hol |
| 94 | tactile | tastbaar |
| 95 | bland | flou |
| 96 | chilly | koel |
| 97 | coarse | grof |
| 98 | healthy | gesond |
| 99 | sick | siek |
| 100 | thirsty | dors |