Afrikaans Vocabulary: The city and public places

– Useful words you should know –

Want to learn the Afrikaans language? Here’s a complete list of the most basic, common and useful words in Afrikaans with their translation in English, on the topic of the city and public places. Ideal to help you boost your Afrikaans vocabulary!

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ENGLISH	AFRIKAANS
a city	n stad
the suburbs	die voorstede
the capital	die hoofstad
the crowd	die skare
the police	die polisie
the pollution	die besoedeling
the firemen	die brandweermanne
the toilets	die toilette
clean	skoon
dirty	vuil
safe	veilig
quiet	stil
an apartment	n woonstel
a bus stop	n bushalte
a bar	n kroeg
a post office	n poskantoor
a shopping center	n winkelsentrum
a city center	n middestad
a castle	n kasteel
a cemetery	n begraafplaas
a cinema	n bioskoop
a police station	n polisiestasie
a dentist	n tandarts
an atm	n otm
a traffic jam	n verkeersknoop
a garage	n motorhuis
a skyscraper	n wolkekrabber
a hospital	n hospitaal
a hotel	n hotel
a building	n gebou
an apartment	n woonstel
a store	n winkel
a market	n mark
a doctor	n dokter
a subway	n moltrein
a monument	n monument
a museum	n museum
a park	n park
a parking lot	n parkeerterrein
a bridge	n brug
a neighborhood	n woonbuurt
a restaurant	n restaurant
a stadium	n stadion
a supermarket	n supermark
a theater	n teater
a sidewalk	n sypaadjie
a village	n dorp
a neighbor	n buurman
a zoo	n dieretuin
a bank	n bank
a library	n biblioteek
a cathedral	n katedraal
a school	n skool
a church	n kerk
a queue	n tou
a fountain	n fontein
a train station	n treinstasie
a bus station	n busstasie
a bookstore	n boekwinkel
a mosque	n moskee
a pharmacy	n apteek
a swimming pool	n swembad
a bicycle path	n fietspad
a pedestrian street	n voetgangerstraat
a street	n straat
a main street	n hoofstraat
an alley	n stegie
an avenue	n laan
a highway	n snelweg
a gas station	n vulstasie
a statue	n standbeeld
a synagogue	n sinagoge
a university	n universiteit
a factory	n fabriek
a garbage can	n vullisblik
a prison	n tronk

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