| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| gek | ⇆ boobyish; ⇆ cracked; ⇆ crackers; ⇆ cracky; ⇆ crank; ⇆ crazed; ⇆ crazy; ⇆ demented; ⇆ fond; ⇆ fool; ⇆ foolish; ⇆ gowk; ⇆ guy; ⇆ looby; ⇆ lunatic; ⇆ mad; ⇆ madcap; ⇆ madman; ⇆ maniac; ⇆ maniacal; ⇆ nonsensical; ⇆ nutty; ⇆ off one’s onion; ⇆ queer; ⇆ silly; ⇆ tomfool |
| alte goed is buurman se gek | ⇆ familiarity breeds contempt |
| die gek met iemand skeer | ⇆ make game of somebody |
| die gek skeer | ⇆ play the fool; ⇆ play the giddy goat |
| die gek skeer met | ⇆ make fun of; ⇆ poke fun at; ⇆ guy |
| gek na | ⇆ mad on |
| gek wees oor … | ⇆ have … on te brain |
| iemand vir die gek hou | ⇆ make a fool of somebody; ⇆ pull somebody’s leg |
| iemand vir gek laat loop | ⇆ send somebody on a fool’s errand |
| met iemand die gek skeer | ⇆ pull somebody’s leg |
| vir die gek gehou word | ⇆ be made a guy of |
| vir die gek hou | ⇆ banter; ⇆ cod; ⇆ have a fling at; ⇆ hoax; ⇆ kid; ⇆ make a fool of; ⇆ quiz; ⇆ make sport of |
| aartsgek | ⇆ arrant fool |
| allemansgek | ⇆ simpleton |
| gekkehuis | ⇆ madhouse |
| gekkemat | ⇆ fool’s mate |
| gekkeparadys | ⇆ fool’s paradise |
| gekkerny | ⇆ jesting; ⇆ joking |
| gekkery | ⇆ jesting; ⇆ joking |
| gekkewerk | ⇆ folly; ⇆ madness |
| gekkigheid | ⇆ folly |
| gèklik | ⇆ foolish; ⇆ silly |
| gekskeer | ⇆ banter; ⇆ chaff; ⇆ droll; ⇆ flirt; ⇆ fool; ⇆ footle; ⇆ play the giddy goat; ⇆ jape; ⇆ jest; ⇆ joke; ⇆ kid; ⇆ tomfool; ⇆ trifle |
| jongensgek | ⇆ flirt |
| meisiegek | ⇆ dangler |
| meisiesgek | ⇆ ladies’ man; ⇆ flirt; ⇆ poodle‐faker |
| modegek | ⇆ beau; ⇆ buck; ⇆ dandy; ⇆ fashion‐monger; ⇆ fop; ⇆ jack‐a‐dandy; ⇆ nut |
| stapelgek | ⇆ mad as a hatter; ⇆ insane; ⇆ as mad as a March hare; ⇆ be as mad as a March hare; ⇆ raving mad; ⇆ staring mad; ⇆ stark mad |
| vrouegek | ⇆ masher; ⇆ philanderer |