Afrikaans

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See also: afrikaans and afrikáans

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From Afrikaans Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnz
    • (file)
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Particularly: "South Africa"
A plaque written in Afrikaans.

Proper noun

Afrikaans

  1. 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

Noun

Afrikaans (plural Afrikaans)

  1. A person from South Africa or Namibia who speaks Afrikaans. (More properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.)
    Synonym: Afrikaner

Translations

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Adjective

Afrikaans (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Afrikaans.

Translations

Further reading

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afriˈkɑ̃ːs/, /afriˈkɑːns/
  • (file)

Adjective

Afrikaans (attributive Afrikaanse, not comparable)

  1. Afrikaans, relating to Afrikaans
  2. African, relating to Africans

Proper noun

Afrikaans

  1. the Afrikaans language.

Derived terms

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Afrikaan +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Afrikaans (comparative Afrikaanser, superlative meest Afrikaans or Afrikaanst)

  1. African; of, from or pertaining to Africa
  2. Afrikaans; of, from or pertaining to the Afrikaans language

Inflection

Inflection of Afrikaans
uninflected Afrikaans
inflected Afrikaanse
comparative Afrikaanser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial Afrikaans Afrikaanser het Afrikaanst
het Afrikaanste
indefinite m./f. sing. Afrikaanse Afrikaansere Afrikaanste
n. sing. Afrikaans Afrikaanser Afrikaanste
plural Afrikaanse Afrikaansere Afrikaanste
definite Afrikaanse Afrikaansere Afrikaanste
partitive Afrikaans Afrikaansers

Derived terms

Proper noun

Afrikaans n

  1. 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

German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈafʁiˌkaːns/, /ˌafʁiˈkaːns/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Afrikaans n (proper noun, strong, genitive Afrikaans or Afrikaans')

  1. 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

  1. Afrikaans (language)

Derived terms

Related terms

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Afrikaans

  1. Afrikaans (language)

Derived terms

Adjective

Afrikaans

  1. Afrikaans (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)