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English to Afrikaans Planets and Other Space Words

The vast topic of space can be a great inspiration for adding a lot of new words to your Afrikaans vocabulary. That's why we've added all sorts of general words about space like the translations for comet, moon, and galaxy, plus more specific vocabulary like the translations for all the planets of our solar system and other named objects in space.

If you'd like to learn from all the available space words, then feel free to simply scroll through the page and learn as you go. If you'd rather jump to a certain part of the page (like maybe the planet names for example) then you can use the quick links below to take you directly there.

Planets and Other Space Words from English to Afrikaans:

Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of planets and space words from Afrikaans to English.


General English to Afrikaans Space Words

This list contains the most general space words in Afrikaans that you'll find on the page. It lists a variety of space objects in a more basic way, without their individual names if such exists.

Asteroid ➔ Asteroïed

Asteroid belt ➔ Asteroïedgordel

Astronaut ➔ Ruimtevaarder

Astronomical unit (AU) ➔ Astronomiese eenheid (AE)

Astronomy ➔ Astronomie

Astronomy ➔ Sterrekunde

Binary star ➔ Dubbelster

Black hole ➔ Swartkolk

Brown dwarf (star) ➔ Bruindwerg

Comet ➔ Komeet

Constellation ➔ Sterrebeeld

Dark matter ➔ Donker materie

Dwarf planet ➔ Dwergplaneet

Dwarf star ➔ Dwergster

Exoplanet ➔ Eksoplaneet

Full moon ➔ Volmaan

Galaxy ➔ Sterrestelsel

Gas giant (Uranus & Saturn) ➔ Gasreus

Ice giant (Neptune & Uranus) ➔ Ysreus

Light year ➔ Ligjaar

Lunar eclipse ➔ Maansverduistering

Meteor ➔ Meteoor

Meteor shower ➔ Meteoorreën

Meteorite ➔ Meteoriet

Meteoroid ➔ Meteoroïde

Moon ➔ Maan

Nebula ➔ Newel

New moon ➔ Donkermaan (lit. Dark moon)

Nova ➔ Nova

Orbit ➔ Wentelbaan

Orphan planet ➔ Weesplaneet

Planet ➔ Planeet

Quark ➔ Kwark

Quasar ➔ Kwasar

Red dwarf (star) ➔ Rooidwerg

Red giant (star) ➔ Rooireus

Satellite ➔ Satelliet

Solar eclipse ➔ Sonsverduistering

Solar system ➔ Sonnestelsel

Spiral galaxy ➔ Spiraalsterrestelsel

Star ➔ Ster

Star cluster ➔ Sterreswerm

Supermassive black hole ➔ Supermassiewe swartkolk

Supernova ➔ Supernova

Telescope ➔ Teleskoop

Universe ➔ Heelal

White dwarf (star) ➔ Witdwerg

Yellow dwarf (star) ➔ Geeldwerg


English to Afrikaans Names of the Planets

Here are the names of the planets in Afrikaans. Notice that the translations for Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto are the same in both English and Afrikaans. That narrows down the planet names you'll need to remember.

Mercury ➔ Mercurius

Venus ➔ Venus

Earth ➔ Aarde

Mars ➔ Mars

Jupiter ➔ Jupiter

Saturn ➔ Saturnus

Uranus ➔ Uranus

Neptune ➔ Neptunus

Pluto ➔ Pluto (dwarf planet / dwergplaneet)


Other Named Objects from English to Afrikaans

Finally, here is a translated list of other named objects in space (not the planets), translated from English to Afrikaans.

Andromeda Galaxy ➔ Andromeda-sterrestelsel

Barnard's Star ➔ Barnard se Ster

Big Bang (theory) ➔ Oerknal

Cassiopeia (constellation) ➔ Kassiopeia

Crab Nebula ➔ Krapnewel

Gemini (constellation) ➔ Tweeling

Great Red Spot (on Jupiter) ➔ Groot Rooi Vlek

Halley's Comet ➔ Halley se Komeet

Hubble Space Telescope ➔ Hubble-ruimteteleskoop

International Space Station (ISS) ➔ Internasionale Ruimtestasie (IRS)

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) ➔ James Webb-ruimteteleskoop (JWRT)

Kuiper Belt ➔ Kuipergordel

Milky Way (galaxy) ➔ Melkweg

Oort Cloud ➔ Oortwolk

Orion / The Hunter (constellation) ➔ Jagter

Saturn's rings ➔ Saturnus se ringe

The Moon ➔ Die Maan

The Sun ➔ Die Son

Ursa Major / Big Dipper (constellation) ➔ Groot Beer (lit. Big Bear)

Ursa Minor / Little Dipper (constellation) ➔ Klein Beer (lit. Little Bear)


This list of English to Afrikaans planet names and space words was first created on July 30, 2025.



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The Fine Print

I don't speak Afrikaans myself, so there could be mistakes in the translations. Most of what is here is user-submitted, but I do try to check for accuracy and make corrections as I can. Thanks for your understanding. Best of luck on your Afrikaans language learning journey!



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