Afrikaans Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

To find and use specific types of Afrikaans records, you will need to know some key words in Afrikaans. This section gives key genealogical terms in English and the Afrikaans words with the same or similar meanings. For example, in the first column you will find the English word ''marriage''. In the second column you will find Afrikaans words with meanings such as ''marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined,'' and other words used in Afrikaans records to indicate marriage.  

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| '''English'''  

This general word list includes words commonly seen in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, and days of the week are listed both here and in separate sections that follow this list. In this list, optional versions of Afrikaans words or variable endings (such as some plural or feminine endings), are given in parentheses. Parentheses in the English column clarify the definition.  

In Afrikaans some words have both a male and female form, such as:  

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| baba  

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| Christelik  

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| daagliks  

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| edel  

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| fabriek  

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| geboorte  

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| haar  

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| immigrant  

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| year

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| kamer  

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| lasste  

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| Maagd  

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| na  

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| of  

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| paas  

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| raad  

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| saam  

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| taal  

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| uit  

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| vader  

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| wa  

In some genealogical records, numbers are spelled out. This is especially true with dates. The following list gives the cardinal (for example, 1, 2, 3) and the ordinal (for example, 1st, 2nd, 3rd) versions of each number. Days of the month are written in ordinal form.  

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In early Afrikaans records and in records kept in Dutch or German, dates were often spelled out. For example:  

To understand Afrikaans dates, use the following lists as well as the preceding “Numbers” section.  

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| I  

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| Sunday  

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Afrikaans (and German- and Dutch-language) birth and death records often indicated the exact time of day when the birth or death occurred. This is usually written out.  

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