| Afrikaans | English |
|---|
| bederf | ⇆ addle; ⇆ adulterate; ⇆ bad; ⇆ blown; ⇆ cankered; ⇆ cocker; ⇆ contaminate; ⇆ corruption; ⇆ crab; ⇆ damnify; ⇆ decay; ⇆ decomposition; ⇆ demoralization; ⇆ demoralize; ⇆ depravation; ⇆ depravement; ⇆ depravity; ⇆ deterioration; ⇆ disfeature; ⇆ flaw; ⇆ fly‐blown; ⇆ go bad; ⇆ infect; ⇆ make a hash of; ⇆ mar; ⇆ mess up; ⇆ mildewy; ⇆ muck; ⇆ nidorous; ⇆ pamper; ⇆ perish; ⇆ pervert; ⇆ poison; ⇆ putrefy; ⇆ queer; ⇆ rot; ⇆ rotten; ⇆ rottenness; ⇆ ruin; ⇆ sophistication; ⇆ spoil; ⇆ taint; ⇆ turn; ⇆ unsound; ⇆ vitiate; ⇆ vitiation |
| aan bederf onderhewig | ⇆ perishable |
| die pret bederf | ⇆ spoil the fun |
| te veel koks bederf die bry | ⇆ too many cooks spoil the broth |
| wie die roede spaar, bederf die kind | ⇆ spare the rod and spoil the child |
| bederfbaar | ⇆ perishable; ⇆ spoilable |
| bederfproses | ⇆ spoilage |
| bederfveroorsakend | ⇆ septic |
| bederwer | ⇆ corrupter; ⇆ spoiler; ⇆ ruiner |
| sedebederf | ⇆ demoralization |
| taalbederf | ⇆ corruption of language |
| tandbederf | ⇆ tooth decay |