Die fondsinsamelingsdoelwit raak al hoe hoër.

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often builds compound nouns by writing them as one word.

Here, fondsinsamelingsdoelwit is made up of:

• fonds = fund
• insameling = collection / raising
• fondsinsameling = fundraising
• doelwit = target / goal

So fondsinsamelingsdoelwit means fundraising target/goal.

This is very normal in Afrikaans. English often uses separate words where Afrikaans prefers one compound word.

Die is the definite article in Afrikaans, so here it means the.

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not change the article for gender. So die can mean:

• the singular
• the plural

In this sentence, it is singular: die fondsinsamelingsdoelwit = the fundraising goal.

Here raak means become or get.

So raak ... hoër means becomes higher or gets higher.

This is a very common Afrikaans pattern:

• moeg raak = get tired
• kwaad raak = get angry
• beter raak = get better
• hoër raak = get higher

So raak is often used when something changes into a new state.

Al hoe + comparative adjective/adverb is a very common Afrikaans pattern meaning:

• more and more ...
• increasingly ...
• ... and ...

So:

• al hoe groter = bigger and bigger / more and more big
• al hoe moeiliker = more and more difficult
• al hoe hoër = higher and higher

In this sentence, raak al hoe hoër means is getting higher and higher.

This is a very useful structure to learn.

Afrikaans usually forms the comparative of an adjective with -er, much like English often uses -er.

• hoog = high
• hoër = higher

So hoër is the normal comparative form.

Using meer hoog would not be the normal way to say it. Afrikaans prefers the comparative form hoër.

Other examples:

• groot → groter = bigger
• klein → kleiner = smaller
• sterk → sterker = stronger

The two dots are a diaeresis. They show that the vowels are pronounced in separate syllables.

So hoër is pronounced roughly like HOO-ur / hoo-er, not as one merged vowel sound.

Without the diaeresis, a learner might try to read it as a single vowel combination. The dots help show the correct pronunciation.

You also see this in other Afrikaans words, for example:

• reën = rain
• geëet = eaten
• voëls = birds

Afrikaans does not need an extra is here, because raak itself works as the main verb meaning become/get.

English says:

• is getting higher
• is becoming higher

Afrikaans can simply say:

• raak hoër

So raak already carries the idea of change, and no extra is is needed in this sentence.

Yes. This is normal main clause word order in Afrikaans:

• Die fondsinsamelingsdoelwit = subject
• raak = verb
• al hoe hoër = complement/predicate

Afrikaans is a verb-second language in main clauses, so the finite verb usually comes early in the sentence.

This sentence follows a very standard pattern: Subject + verb + rest

Usually raak is the more natural choice here.

• raak = become / get
• word = become

Both can sometimes translate as become, but raak is especially common when talking about a change of state with adjectives:

• Hy raak moeg. = He gets tired.
• Dit raak duur. = It gets expensive.
• Die doelwit raak hoër. = The target gets higher.

Word is possible in some contexts, but here raak al hoe hoër sounds more idiomatic.

Yes. It is very commonly used with comparatives and similar expressions to show gradual increase or change.

Examples:

• Dit raak al hoe kouer. = It is getting colder and colder.
• Sy werk al hoe harder. = She works harder and harder.
• Die verkeer word al hoe erger. = The traffic is getting worse and worse.

So once you learn al hoe + comparative, you can use it in many everyday situations.

The sentence is already natural, but there are a few close alternatives depending on style:

• Die fondsinsamelingsdoelwit word al hoe hoër.
• Die doelwit vir fondsinsameling raak al hoe hoër.
• Die fondsinsamelingsdoelwit styg al hoe meer.

The original sentence is good Afrikaans. A learner should especially remember these useful parts:

• compound nouns like fondsinsamelingsdoelwit
• raak for get/become
• al hoe + comparative for more and more / -er and -er