Voortrekker
/ˈfɔɹ.tɹɛk.əɹ/noun
Voortrekker is a noun meaning “A Boer pioneer, who trekked into the hinterland of South Africa during the 1830s” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-O-R-T-R-E-K-K-E-R, and it appears about once in every 47 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Voortrekker is Voortrekkers.
What does Voortrekker mean?
noun
- 1
A Boer pioneer, who trekked into the hinterland of South Africa during the 1830s.
The Voortrekkers left the Cape Colony because of dissatisfaction with English rule.
- 2
A member of the Afrikaans scouting movement.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Voortrekker?
- /ˈfɔɹ.tɹɛk.əɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Voortrekker
- Voortrekkers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Voortrekker?
Voortrekker appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Voortrekker come from?
Dutch voor (“advance”) + trekken (“to travel”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).