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English
Wiktionary
Etymology
From Afrikaans Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans .
Pronunciation
A plaque written in Afrikaans .
Proper noun
Afrikaans
A Germanic language descending from Dutch ; the primary language of the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers, as well as many mixed-race (e.g. Rehoboth Basters ) living in South Africa and in Namibia . Also, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa and until 1990 one of three official languages of Namibia.
Translations
language
Afrikaans: Afrikaans (af) n
Albanian: afrikane (sq)
Amharic: አፍሪካንኛ ( ʾäfrikanña ) , አፍሪካንስ ( ʾäfrikans )
Arabic: لُغَة أَفْرِيكَانِيَّة f ( luḡa(t) ʔafrīkāniyya )
Aragonese: afrikaans (an)
Armenian: աֆրիկանս (hy) ( afrikans )
Asturian: afrikaans (ast)
Azerbaijani: Afrikaans
Basque: afrikaans (eu)
Belarusian: афрыкаанс m ( afrykaans )
Bengali: আফ্রিকান্স ভাষা ( aphrikanśo bhaśa )
Breton: afrikaneg m
Bulgarian: африканс m ( afrikans )
Catalan: afrikaans (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 南非語 / 南非语 (zh) ( Nánfēi yǔ ) , 南非荷蘭語 / 南非荷兰语 (zh) ( Nánfēi Hélán yǔ ) , 阿非利堪斯語 / 阿非利堪斯语 (zh) ( Āfēilìkānsī yǔ ) , 斐語 / 斐语 ( Fěiyǔ ) , 阿非利卡語 / 阿非利卡语 ( Āfēilìkǎ yǔ )
Cornish: Afrikaans
Czech: afrikánština (cs) f
Danish: afrikaans (da)
Dutch: Afrikaans (nl) n , Zuid-Afrikaans (nl) n
Dutch Low Saxon: Afrikaans (nds)
Esperanto: afrikansa , afrikansa lingvo
Estonian: afrikaani keel (et) , buuri keel
Faroese: afrikaans (fo) n
Finnish: afrikaans (fi)
French: afrikaans (fr) m
Galician: afrikaans (gl)
Georgian: აფრიკაანსი ( apriḳaansi )
German: Afrikaans (de) n
Greek: αφρικάανς (el) n ( afrikáans )
Gujarati: આફ્રીકી (gu) ( āphrīkī )
Hebrew: אַפְרִיקַנְס (he) ( afrikáns )
Herero: Otjiafrikaansa
Hindi: अफ़्रीकान्स (hi) ( afrīkāns ) , अफ़्रीकान्स भाषा f ( afrīkāns bhāṣā )
Hungarian: afrikaans (hu)
Icelandic: afríkanska (is) f , afríkaans
Ido: linguo Afrikaansa , Afrikaansa
Indonesian: bahasa Afrikaans (id) , Afrikans
Interlingua: afrikaans
Irish: Afracáinis f
Italian: afrikaans (it)
Japanese: アフリカーンス語 (ja) ( Afurikānsu-go )
Kashubian: afrikanersczi jãzëk
Kazakh: африкаанс тілі ( afrikaans tılı ) , бур тілі ( bur tılı )
Khmer: ភាសាអាហ្វ្រីក ( phiasa afrik )
Korean: 아프리칸스어 (ko) ( Apeurikanseu-eo )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: afrîkansî (ku) , afrîkaansî (ku)
Kyrgyz: африкаанс тили ( afrikaans tili ) , бур тили ( bur tili )
Latvian: afrikānss m , afrikandu valoda f , būru valoda f
Ligurian: lèngoa afrikaans
Limburgish: Afrikaans (li) , Afrikaansj (li) n
Lingala: liafríkánsi
Lithuanian: afrikanų (lt) , afrikanų kalba (lt) , afrikanerių kalba , būrų kalba
Luxembourgish: Afrikanesch
Malagasy: fiteny afrikaans
Malay: bahasa Afrikaans , Afrikaans
Malayalam: ആഫ്രിക്കാൻസ് ( āphrikkāṉsŭ )
Maltese: L-Afrikan
Marathi: आफ्रिकान्स f ( āphrikānsa )
Moksha: африканеронь ( afŕikańeroń ) , африкандеронь ( afŕikanďeroń ) , буронь ( buroń )
Mongolian: африк хэл ( afrik xel )
Nahuatl: afrikaantlahtōlli (nah) , africatlahtōlli , africatlahtolli
Navajo: Tsinaabąąs Dineʼé bizaad
Nepali: अफ्रिकाली (ne) ( aphrikālī )
Northern Sami: afrikánsagiella
Northern Sotho: Seafrikanse
Norwegian: afrikaans (no)
Nynorsk: afrikaans (nn)
Occitan: africans (oc)
Persian: آفریکانس (fa) ( âfrikâns ) , آفریکانز ( âfrikânz ) , زبان آفریکانس ( zabân-e âfrikâns ) , زبان آفریکانز ( zabân-e âfrikânz )
Polish: afrikaans (pl)
Portuguese: africâner (pt) ( Brazil ) , africânder (pt) ( Portugal )
Romanian: afrikaans (ro)
Russian: африка́анс (ru) m ( afrikáans )
Samogitian: afrėkanu kalba , afrėkanū ruoda
Saterland Frisian: Afrikoansk n
Scots: Afrikaans
Scottish Gaelic: Afragàns
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: африканс m , африкански m
Roman: afrikans m , afrikanski (sh) m , afrikanski jezik m
Sicilian: afrikaans (scn)
Silesian: godka afrikaans
Slovak: afrikánčina f
Slovene: afrikaans m , afrikanščina f
Somali: af Afrikaanays
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: afrikaans m
Sotho: Seburu (st) , Seafrekanse (st)
Spanish: afrikáans (es) m
Swahili: Kiafrikaans , Kiafrikana
Swazi: siBhunu
Swedish: afrikaans (sv)
Tagalog: Afrikaans (tl)
Thai: ภาษาแอฟริคานส์ ( paasăa aefáríkaan )
Tigrinya: አፍሪቃንሰኛ ( ʾäfriḳansäña )
Tongan: lea faka-Afrika
Tswana: Seburu
Turkish: Afrikanca (tr) , Afrikaans (tr) , Afrikaner
Ukrainian: африкаанс (uk) m ( afrykaans )
Upper Sorbian: afrikanšćina
Urdu: ایفریکان ( aifrīkān ) , افریکان ( afrīkān ) , ایفریکانس ( aifrīkāns ) , ایفریکانز ( aifrīkānz )
Venetian: afrikaans
Vietnamese: Afrikaans (vi) , tiếng Afrikaans , tiếng Hà Lan ở Kếp , tiếng Nam Phi
Volapük: Frikopänapük (vo)
Welsh: Affricaneg (cy)
West Frisian: Afrikaansk (fy) n
Xhosa: isiBhulu , isiAfrikansi
Yiddish: אַפֿריקאַנס ( afrikans )
Zulu: isAfrikansi , isiBhunu
Noun
Afrikaans (plural Afrikaans )
A person from South Africa or Namibia who speaks Afrikaans . ( More properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners . )
Synonym: Afrikaner
Translations
Translations to be checked
Arabic: (please verify ) أَفْرِيكَانِيَّة f ( ʔafrīkāniyya )
Azerbaijani: (please verify ) Африкаанс , Afrikaans
Breton: (please verify ) afrikaans , (please verify ) afrikaneg
Georgian: (please verify ) აფრიკაანსი ( apriḳaansi ) , (please verify ) აფრიკული ( apriḳuli )
Hindi: (please verify ) अफ़्ररीकांस ( afrarīkāns )
Macedonian: (please verify ) Африкански ( Afrikanski ) , (please verify ) Африканс ( Afrikans ) , (please verify ) африкански јазик ( afrikanski jazik )
Maltese: (please verify ) Afrikans , (please verify ) Afrikaans
Serbo-Croatian: (please verify ) afrikaans (sh) m
Swahili: (please verify ) Kiafrikans , (please verify ) Kiafrikaans , (please verify ) Kiafrikana
Tamil: (please verify ) ஆப்பிரிக்கான்ஸ ( āppirikkāṉsa ) , (please verify ) ஆபிரிக்கான மொழி ( āpirikkāṉa moḻi ) , (please verify ) ஆபிரிக்கான் ( āpirikkāṉ )
Tatar: (please verify ) Африканц ( Afrikants ) , (please verify ) afrikaner tele , (please verify ) afrikander tele , (please verify ) bur tele
Thai: (please verify ) ภาษาอัฟริกาน ( paasăa àfrígaan ) , (please verify ) ภาษาอัฟริกันส์ ( paasăa àfrígan ) , (please verify ) ภาษาแอฟริคานส์ , (please verify ) ภาษาแอฟริกา ( phasaa êfrika )
Ukrainian: (please verify ) африканс ( afrykans ) , (please verify ) Африкаанс ( Afrykaans ) , (please verify ) африкаанс (uk) ( afrykaans )
Welsh: (please verify ) Affricaneg (cy) , (please verify ) Afrikaans (cy)
Adjective
Afrikaans (not comparable )
Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language .
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Afrikaans .
Translations
of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
Further reading
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch Afrikaans .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /afriˈkɑ̃ːs/ , /afriˈkɑːns/
Adjective
Afrikaans (attributive Afrikaanse , not comparable )
Afrikaans , relating to Afrikaans
African , relating to Africans
Proper noun
Afrikaans
the Afrikaans language.
Derived terms
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Afrikaan + -s .
Pronunciation
Adjective
Afrikaans (comparative Afrikaanser , superlative meest Afrikaans or Afrikaanst )
African ; of, from or pertaining to Africa
Afrikaans ; of, from or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
Inflection
Derived terms
Proper noun
Afrikaans n
Afrikaans ( language )
Usage notes
Because Afrikaans can ambiguously mean “African” as well as referring to the language, Zuid-Afrikaans is often used instead; though this is often considered erroneous by experts on Afrikaans.
Synonyms
Related terms
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈafʁiˌkaːns/ , /ˌafʁiˈkaːns/
Proper noun
Afrikaans n (proper noun , strong , genitive Afrikaans or Afrikaans' )
Afrikaans ( language )
Usage notes
The word can be used with or without a definite article: (Das) Afrikaans ist eine germanische Sprache. (“Afrikaans is a Germanic language.”) The form with no article is generally more common, but the article is necessary in the genitive case (die Grammatik des Afrikaans ) and with the preposition in (die Pluralbildung im Afrikaans ).
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Afrikaans Afrikaans .
Proper noun
Afrikaans n
Afrikaans ( language )
Derived terms
Related terms
Malay
Etymology
From Dutch Afrikaans .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrikaans
Afrikaans ( language )
Derived terms
Adjective
Afrikaans
Afrikaans ( of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language )