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Voortrekker is an English word. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Voortrekker in a sentence

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Voortrekker | Voortrekkers

Voortrekker meaning

  1. A Boer pioneer, who trekked into the hinterland of South Africa during the 1830s.
  2. A member of the Afrikaans scouting movement.

Using Voortrekker

  • The main meaning on this page is: A Boer pioneer, who trekked into the hinterland of South Africa during the 1830s. | A member of the Afrikaans scouting movement.
  • In the example corpus, voortrekker often appears in combinations such as: early voortrekker, voortrekker street, voortrekker road.

Context around Voortrekker

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

early 2× typical 1× especially 1× onto 1× ten 1×

Often after:

road 2× house 1× family 1× high 1× street 1× leadership 1× dead 1× accounts 1× camps 1×

Sentence patterns with Voortrekker

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a typical voortrekker family 1× an early voortrekker house and 1× early voortrekker accounts describe 1× filled the voortrekker leadership vacuum 1× for ten voortrekker dead during 1× kitchen on voortrekker road last 1× kitchen on voortrekker street in 1× number of voortrekker camps were 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

battle of blood 1× capture the moment 1× culture the pionier 1× during the subsequent 1× early voortrekker accounts 1× he said things 1×

Common sentence endings:

began to occupy 1× during the battle 1× especially voortrekker high 1× granted to retief 1× last week wednesday 1× onto voortrekker road 1×

Words around Voortrekker

Just before it in the word index:

voort 2 voorst 3 voorkamer 2 voorhies 5 voorhees 31 voorde 2

Just after it in the word index:

voortrekkers 5 voorzanger 2 voot 10 vop 4 vopak 2 voq 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanholt 13 aardwolf 13 abati 13 abbeville 13 abcc 13 abcon 13

Corpus analysis for Voortrekker

  • In this selection, "voortrekker" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, early, typical, especially, road, house and family stand out and add context to how "voortrekker" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a typical voortrekker family and an early voortrekker house and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "voortrekker" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with voortrekker

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

He said things turned sour as he exited the R21 onto Voortrekker Road. (13 words)

The Imbali Foundation together with the Elsburg CPF donated blankets at their recent soup kitchen on Voortrekker Street in Elsburg. (20 words)

Capture the moment: Kempton Park community member Tina Molelekeng sips on her juice at Operation Anti-Freeze’s Christmas Soup Kitchen on Voortrekker Road last week Wednesday. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

The fields of my new school were rugby grounds, splendid and lush in the summer months and rough rugged in winter, where Linpark High’s lack of prowess in rugby was exposed by virtually every other school, especially Voortrekker High. (40 words)

Page 401. Battle of Italeni main After the massacre of Piet Retief and his men by Dingane on 6 February 1838, a number of Voortrekker camps were also attacked by the Zulu impis. (33 words)

Early Voortrekker accounts describe how the lands surrounding the mountain retreat of the Basotho had been burnt and destroyed, in effect leaving a vacuum that subsequent Voortrekkers began to occupy. (30 words)

Example sentences (9)

Culture The Pionier Museum in Pretoria is housed in an early Voortrekker house and is a 'living museum' displaying the daily lives and practices of a typical Voortrekker family.

The fields of my new school were rugby grounds, splendid and lush in the summer months and rough rugged in winter, where Linpark High’s lack of prowess in rugby was exposed by virtually every other school, especially Voortrekker High.

He said things turned sour as he exited the R21 onto Voortrekker Road.

Capture the moment: Kempton Park community member Tina Molelekeng sips on her juice at Operation Anti-Freeze’s Christmas Soup Kitchen on Voortrekker Road last week Wednesday.

The Imbali Foundation together with the Elsburg CPF donated blankets at their recent soup kitchen on Voortrekker Street in Elsburg.

Battle of Blood River main Andries Pretorius filled the Voortrekker leadership vacuum, hoping to punish Dingane, retrieve stolen livestock and reclaim the land Dingane had granted to Retief.

During the subsequent fighting against the Zulu, Uys, his son, the Malan brothers, and five of the volunteers were killed: 64-65 (for ten Voortrekker dead during the battle).

Early Voortrekker accounts describe how the lands surrounding the mountain retreat of the Basotho had been burnt and destroyed, in effect leaving a vacuum that subsequent Voortrekkers began to occupy.

Page 401. Battle of Italeni main After the massacre of Piet Retief and his men by Dingane on 6 February 1838, a number of Voortrekker camps were also attacked by the Zulu impis.

Common combinations with voortrekker

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "voortrekker" in a sentence?
An example: "Culture The Pionier Museum in Pretoria is housed in an early Voortrekker house and is a 'living museum' displaying the daily lives and practices of a typical Voortrekker family." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "voortrekker" from authentic English texts.
What does "voortrekker" mean?
Voortrekker means: A Boer pioneer, who trekked into the hinterland of South Africa during the 1830s.
How many example sentences with "voortrekker" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "voortrekker", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.