Afrikaans-English, English-Afrikaans Dictionary: With over 28,000 entries

• Over 28,000 entries
• Numbered senses
• Idioms
• Compact bilingual resource for learners and visitors to South Africa
• Simple and easy access to essential Afrikaans and English vocabulary
• Parts of speech for every entry to aid correct usage

Aardvark, meerkat, wildebeest, springbok, trek: did you know these were words from Afrikaans? There are about 7 million native speakers of Afrikaans in South Africa. It's the third-most-spoken language in the country. Afrikaans developed from Dutch, arriving with the Dutch East India Company of 1652, but it's now the vibrant and expressive language of diverse ethnicities, which has over the years intertwined itself with the vocabulary of several cultures.

This concise Afrikaans-English, English-Afrikaans dictionary is particularly useful for students of language, and for business purposes. Inexpensive and accessible, it has clear and comprehensive content, with lists of verb structures, auxiliary verbs, irregular verbs, and quick and easy reference to over 28,000 entries. A compact bilingual dictionary for learners of Afrikaans and ideal also for the visitor as well as the student.

Trimmed Page Size: 198 x 128mm; Paperback; 384pp; spine: 20mm; Weight: 220gsm.

ISBN: 9781842058008