Die toegangskode werk.

to work

Breakdown of Die toegangskode werk.

• die toegangskode: access code

Questions & Answers about Die toegangskode werk.

What does die mean here?

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, equivalent to English the.

A useful thing to know is that Afrikaans does not change the article for gender the way some languages do. So die can mean the for all nouns in the singular and plural.

In this sentence, die toegangskode = the access code.

Why is toegangskode written as one word?

Afrikaans often forms compound nouns by writing them as a single word.

So:

• toegang = access / entry
• kode = code
• toegangskode = access code

This is very common in Afrikaans and also in Dutch and German. English often writes these as two words, but Afrikaans frequently combines them.

Is werk the same as the English word work?

Yes, it is closely related. In this sentence, werk means works or functions.

So Die toegangskode werk means that the code is functioning properly.

Be careful: werk can also refer to work in the sense of labor or a job, depending on context. Here it is clearly the verb to work / to function.