gevaar, noun

/xəˈfɑː(r)/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans; derived from swart gevaar.
A threat, a danger. Also attributive. See also rooi gevaar, Roomse gevaar, swart gevaar.
1973 E. Prov. Herald 27 Aug. 11The greatest threat is the Swarthaak thorn bush, commonly known as the Swarthaak gevaar. The Swarthaak is a sort of galloping consumption of the veld.
1975 Sunday Times 23 Nov. (Mag. Sect.) 17 (letter)I should like to say: We’re not a gevaar.
1984 Rand Daily Mail 19 Oct. (Funfinder) 1Evita-gevaar for the capital. Well wrapped up against the Total Onslaught, Evita Bezuidenhout will descend upon Pretoria..for the first of a week’s farewell performances of Pieter-Dirk Uys’s ‘Total Onslaught 1984 — Yes-No-Orwell-Fine’.
1986 J. Cronin in Frontline Mar. 40What political outlook underwrites the advocacy of a National Convention Alliance and the evocation of a ‘majority gevaar’?
1987 Daily Dispatch 6 May 5After hitting out at alleged National Party..‘gevaar’ politics, Mr Edlmann..said: ‘Instead of sowing fear, let us start spreading trust, respect for one another and goodwill’.
A threat, a danger. Also attributive.
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gesuip, adjectiveadj.gevalt, nounn.
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