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Meaning of "verkrampte" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VERKRAMPTE

From Afrikaans (adj), literally: restricted.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VERKRAMPTE

verkrampte  [fəˈkrɑmtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VERKRAMPTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Verkrampte is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VERKRAMPTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of verkrampte in the English dictionary

The definition of verkrampte in the dictionary is an Afrikaner Nationalist who opposed any changes toward liberal trends in government policy, esp relating to racial questions.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VERKRAMPTE


Sumter
ˈsʌmtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VERKRAMPTE

veristic
veritable
veritableness
veritably
veritas
verities
verity
verjuice
Verkhne-Udinsk
verkramp
Verlaine
verlan
verlig
verligte
vermal
Vermeer
vermeil
vermes
vermian
vermicelli

WORDS THAT END LIKE VERKRAMPTE

absolute
accurate
affiliate
ante
appreciate
appropriate
associate
at any rate
black and white
black-and-white
brunette
carte
certificate
charlotte
chocolate
cite
complete
contribute
in the white
synapte

Synonyms and antonyms of verkrampte in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «verkrampte» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VERKRAMPTE

Find out the translation of verkrampte to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of verkrampte from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «verkrampte» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

verkrampte
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

verkrampte
570 millions of speakers

English

verkrampte
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

verkrampte
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

verkrampte
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

verkrampte
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

verkrampte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

verkrampte
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

verkrampte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Verkrampte
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verkrampte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

verkrampte
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

verkrampte
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Verkrampte
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

verkrampte
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

verkrampte
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर्क्राम्पट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

verkrampte
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

verkrampte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

verkrampte
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

verkrampte
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

verkrampte
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

verkrampte
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verkrampte
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

verkrampte
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

verkrampte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of verkrampte

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VERKRAMPTE»

The term «verkrampte» is normally little used and occupies the 147.972 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VERKRAMPTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «verkrampte» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «verkrampte» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about verkrampte

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VERKRAMPTE»

Discover the use of verkrampte in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to verkrampte and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Afrikaner Politics in South Africa, 1934-1948
In 1966, Professor W. J. de Klerk of Potchefstroom University used the Afrikaans word verkrampte ("cramped") to describe the arch-conservative wing of Afrikaner nationalism, and verligte ("enlightened") to refer to those who supported the ...
Newell Maynard Stultz, 1974
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Political Identity and Social Change: The Remaking of the ...
To distinguish themselves, the main left faction adopted the label verligte, usually translated as “enlightened,” and the right called themselves verkrampte, a term related to the Afrikaans word for “narrow.” The verkrampte wing saw itself as the ...
Jamie Frueh, 2012
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The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1960-1970
The verligte-verkrampte split within Afrikaner ranks was beginning to take centre stage.158 When South African whites went to the polls in March 1966 and voted NP candidates into 126 of 166 seats, a new white unity was cemented, but at the  ...
South African Democracy Education Trust, 2004
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African Politics: Beyond the Third Wave of Democratisation
Serious conflicts ensued between the 'verkrampte' faction and Vorster both within the NP and in the cabinet, and continued within the Afrikaner Broederbond. The situation came to a head in September 1969, when Albert Hertzog led a split ...
Joelien Pretorius, 2008
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South Africa: Time Running Out : the Report of the Study ...
Verkrampte logic requires that statutory segregation and strict political separation on ethnic lines be perpetuated. Conservatives oppose reforms such as integrated sports and the removal of racial barriers in the workplace. They decline even ...
Study Commission on U.S. Policy toward Southern Africa (U.S.), 1981
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Deconstructing Apartheid Discourse
The verkrampte camp continued to signify white supremacy, Afrikaner exclusivity, a narrow emphasis on the maintenance of traditional Afrikaner values and on racial superiority, while verligtes emphasized South African nationhood and ...
Aletta J. Norval, 1996
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The Last Afrikaner Leaders: A Supreme Test of Power
verkrampte. image. Towards theend of the1980s De Klerkprivately asked Progressive Federal Party (PFP) leaderColin Eglin why he alwaysreferred to him as a verkrampte. Eglin, who enjoyedagood personal relationship with De Klerk, replied: ...
Hermann Giliomee, 2013
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Capital and Labour in South Africa: Class Struggle in the 1970s
Under these conditions mutual mistrust could only harden into open hostility among the different classes of the white population. The conflict between 'verligte' and 'verkrampte' is reflected also in the 'outward-looking policy' or 'détente' with ...
Darcy Du Toit, 1981
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Heart of Whiteness: Afrikaners Face Black Rule in the New ...
There's the highveld and lowveld, the latter subtropical. verkrampte Conservative hard-liners; literally, "cramped ones." The terms verkrampte and verligte were coined by Willem de Klerk in October 1966 to refer to two opposite extremes in the ...
June Goodwin, 1995
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The Pitfalls of Liberal Democracy and Late Nationalism in ...
The disagreement was essentially over strategies for political change, as reflected in the perennial verligte-verkrampte conflict. Verligte were Afrikaners who favored change yet desired to control the process. This group was comprised of ...
Mueni wa Muiu, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VERKRAMPTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term verkrampte is used in the context of the following news items.
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Zwemmen en duiken in het kanaal is levensgevaarlijk
Verkrampte spieren en de kans op onderkoelingsverschijnselen is dan extra groot. Proces-verbaal. De dijkwachters van nv De Scheepvaart zullen tijdens de ... «Limburg Actueel, Jul 15»
2
Read an Excerpt from Lauren Beukes' First Book, Maverick …
From Africa's first black movie star and Drum covergirl, Dolly Rathebe, to Glenda Kemp, the snake-dancing stripper who shook up the verkrampte social mores of ... «Books LIVE, May 15»
3
Een verkrampte arbeidsmarkt voor ouderen
De problematiek van de verkrampte arbeidsmarkt voor ouderen vraagt echter een bredere aanpak. Daarvoor zijn drie soorten beleid nodig: Beleid dat gericht is ... «Binnenlandsbestuur, May 15»
4
Was De Klerk pushed – or did he jump?
In fact many pondered why De Klerk had not earlier gone with Andries Treurnicht's “verkrampte” bloc into the Conservative Party. One can surmise that the ... «Independent Online, Feb 15»
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Understanding SA's soft- and hard-boiled nationalists – experts
They see similarities between today's soft- and hard-boiled nationalists and the verligte and verkrampte nationalists of yesteryear. This is a fascinating read for ... «BizNews, Jan 15»
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Hond maakt dementerende blij
We trainen ze onder meer om verkrampte handen open te maken. En we doen veel met herhaling, zo weten dementerenden niet wat ze net gegeten hebben, ... «Noordhollands Dagblad, Dec 14»
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Wat helpt tegen kramp?
Tijdens de aanval kunt u zelf proberen de kramp te verminderen door de spier langzaam te strekken of flink over de verkrampte spier te wrijven of deze ... «Telegraaf.nl, Nov 14»
8
Bill Gates laat zijn mondhoeken nooit zakken
Met die neutraal vriendelijke, maar enigszins verkrampte uitdrukking, stelt hij zeker dat hij nooit met hangende mondhoeken verschijnt op welk filmpje dan ook. «Trouw, Nov 14»
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Werkgevers 'betreuren verkrampte reactie ABVV' in witte kassa-affaire
"We betreuren de verkrampte reactie van de socialistische vakbond", zegt Unizo-Limburg. Uit de studie van professor Ghislain Houben bleek dat er bij de ... «Knack.be, Aug 14»
10
Oh, for more meat on these bones
A committed opponent of apartheid, he angered the verkrampte Afrikaner establishment with his outspoken views and writings, and left South Africa for Paris in ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Verkrampte [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/verkrampte>. Apr 2024 ».
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