| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| droë | ⇆ dry |
| soos ’n vis op droë | ⇆ like a fish out of water |
| sy skapies op die droë bring | ⇆ feather one’s nest |
| sy skapies op die droë hê | ⇆ be well‐to‐do |
| droog | ⇆ adry; ⇆ arid; ⇆ dry; ⇆ chippy; ⇆ corky; ⇆ desiccate; ⇆ dryly; ⇆ droughty; ⇆ drying; ⇆ dry‐shod; ⇆ dull; ⇆ husky; ⇆ jerk; ⇆ fire; ⇆ juiceless; ⇆ matter‐of‐fact; ⇆ not in milk; ⇆ parched; ⇆ rainless; ⇆ sapless; ⇆ scarious; ⇆ seasoned; ⇆ sear; ⇆ set; ⇆ weazen; ⇆ wizened |
| indroë | ⇆ cure; ⇆ shrink |
| opdroë | ⇆ parch; ⇆ desiccate; ⇆ dry; ⇆ dry up; ⇆ exsiccate; ⇆ mummify |
| uitdroë | ⇆ become parched; ⇆ bake; ⇆ become dry; ⇆ calcify; ⇆ dry |