sterkte, noun

/ˈstɛrktə/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, literally ‘strength’.
colloquial
Used as an interjection: ‘courage’, ‘more power to your arm’.
1978 J. Hobbs Informant, Johannesburg, GautengSterkte ou maat. All things must pass.
1982 Evening Post 2 Nov. 3Dr Slabbert’s toast to the Government was ‘sterkte, and healthy power-sharing’.
1990 A. Rice in Frontline Dec. 15The toast is immediately mine — sterkte ou maat.
1991 D. Hall-Green on TV1, 28 Nov. (Good Morning South Africa)May I wish you — and you’ll need lots of it — sterkte.
‘courage’, ‘more power to your arm’.
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19781991
sterk, adjectiveadj.sterloop, nounn.
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