| Afrikaans | Engels |
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| kiem | ⇆ bacterium; ⇆ embryo; ⇆ gemmule; ⇆ germ; ⇆ germen; ⇆ nucleus; ⇆ seed; ⇆ spore |
| in die kiem smoor | ⇆ nip in the bud |
| cholerakiem | ⇆ cholera germ; ⇆ comma bacillus |
| kiemblaar | ⇆ seed‐leaf |
| kiemblad | ⇆ seed‐leaf |
| kiemdodend | ⇆ germicidal |
| kiemdoder | ⇆ germicide |
| kiemdraer | ⇆ carrier; ⇆ germ‐carrier |
| kiemlob | ⇆ cotyledon |
| kiemmeel | ⇆ germ‐meal |
| kiemsak | ⇆ embryo‐sac |
| kiemsel | ⇆ ovule |
| kiemvernieler | ⇆ germicide |
| kiemvlek | ⇆ nucleolus |
| kiemvorming | ⇆ germination |
| kiemwit | ⇆ albumen; ⇆ endosperm |
| koorskieme | ⇆ fever‐germs |
| ontkiem | ⇆ germinate; ⇆ germ; ⇆ originate; ⇆ spire |
| peskiem | ⇆ plague germ |
| plantkiem | ⇆ plantule |
| saadkiem | ⇆ embryo |
| vrugkiem | ⇆ embryo |
| vrugtekiem | ⇆ fruit‐germ |
| wortelkiem | ⇆ caulicle; ⇆ radicle |