Abbreviations / Abkürzungen

EKZN

EC

FS

KNP

KZN

L

MP

NC

NW

ORTIA

SANPARKS

WC

Ezemvelo KwaZulu Natal Wildlife / Ezemvelo KwaZulu Natal Wildlife

Eastern Cape Province / Östkap Provinz

Free State Province / Freistaat Provinz

Kruger National Park / Kruger Nationalpark

KwaZulu Natal Province / Kwazulu Natal Provinz

Limpopo Province / Limpopo Provinz

Mpumalanga Province / Mpumalanga Provinz

Northern Cape Province / Nordkap Provinz

Northwest Province / Nordwest Provinz

O.R. Tambo International Airport / O.R. Tambo Internationaler Flughafen

South African National Parks / Südafrikanische Nationalparks

Western Cape Province / Westkap Provinz

Useful South African words! / Nützliche Südafrikanische Wörter

These words are uniquely South African and good to know. Some can be used as they are while others make up complete phrases or complex expressions. The context and word order can change the meaning completely as well so only people who grew up in South Africa will know how to do this. We've listed only the most common day to day words. All these words are standard "South African" and are used in everyday conversations, no matter whether you're speaking English, Afrikaans or one of the ethnic black languages...every South African will understand you!

Diese Worte sind einzigartig südafrikanisch und gut zu wissen.

Braai

Bakkie

Howzit?

Izzit?

Ag!

Ja nee