Afrikaans Vocabulary: The human body, head and face

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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 human body, head and face. Ideal to help you boost your Afrikaans vocabulary!

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ENGLISH	AFRIKAANS
the head	die kop
the face	die gesig
the mouth	die mond
the throat	die keel
the cheek	die wang
the tongue	die tong
the lips	die lippe
the jaw	die kakebeen
the neck	die nek
the forehead	die voorkop
the chin	die ken
the nose	die neus
the hair	die hare
the eyes	die oë
a tooth	n tand
the hair	die hare
an ear	n oor
a mustache	n snor
a beard	n baard
the skin	die vel
the shoulder	die skouer
the forearm	die voorarm
the wrist	die pols
an arm	n arm
the arms	die arms
the elbow	die elmboog
a hand	n hand
a thumb	n duim
the fingers	die vingers
the belly	die maag
the chest	die bors
the back	die rug
the breasts	die borste
the buttocks	die boude
the foot	die voet
the heel	die hakskeen
the knee	die knie
the leg	die been
the thigh	die dy
a toe	n toon
the stomach	die maag
the brain	die brein
the lungs	die longe
the skeleton	die skelet
a bone	n been
the skull	die skedel
a muscle	n spier

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