plaas
English
Noun
plaas (plural plaases)
- (South Africa) A farm.
- 1929, Norman Giles, Keerboskloof, page 110:
- "The man who burned down the plaas, deserves himself to be burned," cried Solomon with irrelevant heat.
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɑːs/
Etymology 1
From Dutch plaats, from Middle Dutch plāetse, from Old French place.
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
plaas (present plaas, present participle plasende, past participle geplaas)
- to place; to put something down
- Hy't die kruideniersware op die tafel geplaas.
- He put the groceries down on the table.
- to subject someone to something (usually used with op or onder)
- Ons plaas jou onder huisarres.
- We are placing you under house arrest.
- to deposit
- Ek gaan al my geld in die bank plaas.
- I am going to deposit all my money in the bank.
- to recognise; to identify (usually used with a negative)
- Ek kon haar nie plaas nie.
- I couldn't recognise her.
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