Die roeteerder is verbind.

The internet router is connected.

Breakdown of Die roeteerder is verbind.

• wees: to be
• verbind: to connect
• die roeteerder: the internet router

Questions & Answers about Die roeteerder is verbind.

What does die mean here?

Die means the.

A useful thing for English speakers to know is that Afrikaans uses die as the definite article for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all grammatical genders

So die roeteerder = the router.

What does roeteerder mean, and is it a normal word in Afrikaans?

Roeteerder means router.

It is a standard Afrikaans word, especially in technical or formal usage. It is built from roeteer (to route) plus -der/-erder, which makes an agent noun, like something that does the routing.

In everyday speech, some speakers may also use the English loanword router, especially in IT contexts, but roeteerder is perfectly good Afrikaans.

Why is the sentence Die roeteerder is verbind and not something more like English The router connected is?

Afrikaans word order here is very similar to English:

• Die roeteerder = the subject
• is = the verb is
• verbind = a describing word meaning connected

So the structure is:

subject + is + description

Exactly like English:

The router + is + connected