Afrikaans words used on our shirts, sauces and spices
This glossary explains the Afrikaans words in Die Bees product names, such as speserye (spices), souse (sauces), voorskote (aprons) and plaasjapie (farm boy).
Last updated 24 October 2026 · by the Die Bees® team
- Beeskop
- Bull head. The Die Bees emblem.
- Bees
- Ox or bull.
- Beker / bekers
- Mug / mugs.
- Biefstuk
- Steak.
- Braai
- A South African fire-cooked meal, or to cook over fire.
- Braaivleis
- Braai meat.
- Heuning
- Honey.
- Hoender
- Chicken.
- Knoffel
- Garlic.
- Kruie
- Herbs.
- Lekker
- Nice, tasty, great.
- Plaasjapie
- Farm boy.
- Rokerige
- Smoky.
- Soet
- Sweet.
- Rissie
- Chilli.
- Souse / sous
- Sauces / sauce.
- Speserye
- Spices.
- Tjoppies
- Chops.
- Varkie
- Little pig; used for pork.
- Vinnige
- Fast.
- Voorskote
- Aprons.
- Warm
- Hot.
- Wilde
- Wild.
- Dors
- Thirst.
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