Afrikaans–English dictionary
English translation of the Afrikaans word lief
Afrikaans | English (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
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(bemin) | ||
🔗 Dit wou Peter darem nie doen want hy was glad te lief vir sy eie vrou. | ||
(hou van) | ; ; ; ; ; | |
🔗 Hulle is ook lief vir klein insekte, klein gewerwelde diere en voëleiers. | ||
(bemin) |
Afrikaans | English |
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lief | ⇆ affectionate; ⇆ amiable; ⇆ bonny; ⇆ clinging; ⇆ dear; ⇆ honeyed; ⇆ nice; ⇆ pretty; ⇆ suave |
lief en leed | ⇆ weal and woe |
lief kry | ⇆ take to one’s bosom; ⇆ take to one’s heart; ⇆ take a fancy to |
daadliewend | ⇆ energetic; ⇆ practical |
deugliewend | ⇆ virtuous |
gelief | ⇆ dear; ⇆ fancied; ⇆ favourite; ⇆ sweet |
hitteliewend | ⇆ thermophilic |
kunsliewend | ⇆ philotechnic; ⇆ philotechnical |
liefde | ⇆ affection; ⇆ affectionateness; ⇆ love; ⇆ heart; ⇆ loving‐kindness; ⇆ passion |
liefhê | ⇆ cherish; ⇆ hold dear; ⇆ love |
liefheid | ⇆ niceness; ⇆ prettiness |
liefie | ⇆ doxy; ⇆ paramour; ⇆ sweet one; ⇆ Valentine |
liefkoos | ⇆ cherish; ⇆ cosset; ⇆ dandle; ⇆ pet; ⇆ petting; ⇆ hug; ⇆ fondle; ⇆ make much of; ⇆ stroke |
liefkosend | ⇆ fondly |
liefkry | ⇆ develop a liking for |
liefling | ⇆ chickabiddy; ⇆ cosset; ⇆ darling; ⇆ dear; ⇆ duck; ⇆ favourite; ⇆ pet; ⇆ fondling; ⇆ love; ⇆ mavourneen; ⇆ minikin; ⇆ sweet; ⇆ sweety |
liefste | ⇆ chuck; ⇆ darling; ⇆ deary; ⇆ lady‐love; ⇆ dear one |
liewe | ⇆ darling |
musiekliewend | ⇆ philharmonic |
ordeliewend | ⇆ law‐abiding; ⇆ orderly |
soetlief | ⇆ sweetie; ⇆ sweetheart |
soutliewend | ⇆ halophile |
sportliewend | ⇆ sporting |
vaderlandsliewend | ⇆ patriotic |
verlief | ⇆ amatory; ⇆ amorous; ⇆ bitten; ⇆ enamoured; ⇆ infatuated; ⇆ fond; ⇆ in love; ⇆ nutty; ⇆ spoony |
vredeliewend | ⇆ irenic; ⇆ peaceable; ⇆ peaceful; ⇆ peaceloving |
vryheidsliewend | ⇆ liberty‐loving |
waarheidliewend | ⇆ truthful; ⇆ veracious |
waterliewend | ⇆ hydrophile; ⇆ hydrophyl |