Afrikaans
English
Etymology
From Afrikaans Afrikaans or Dutch Afrikaans.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːnz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnz
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
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Noun
Afrikaans (plural Afrikaans)
- A person from South Africa or Namibia who speaks Afrikaans. (More properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.)
- Synonym: Afrikaner
Translations
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
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Adjective
Afrikaans (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Afrikaans.
Translations
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Further reading
- Wiktionary's coverage of Afrikaans terms
- Appendix:Afrikaans Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Afrikaans
- ISO 639-1 code af, ISO 639-3 code afr (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Afrikaans, afr
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
Afrikaans (attributive Afrikaanse, not comparable)
Proper noun
Afrikaans
- the Afrikaans language.
Derived terms
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /ɑf.riˈkaːns/
Audio (Belgium): (file) - (Netherlands) IPA(key): /aː.friˈkaːns/
Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: Afri‧kaans
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
Declension
Declension of Afrikaans | ||||
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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
- 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
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
Proper noun
Afrikaans n
- Afrikaans (language)
Derived terms
Related terms
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrikaans
- Afrikaans (language)
Derived terms
Adjective
Afrikaans
- Afrikaans (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
- English terms borrowed from Afrikaans
- English terms derived from Afrikaans
- English terms borrowed from Dutch
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɑːnz
- Rhymes:English/ɑːnz/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- en:Ethnonyms
- en:Languages
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afrikaans terms with audio pronunciation
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans adjectives
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Languages
- Dutch terms suffixed with -s
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch adjectives
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Languages
- German terms borrowed from Afrikaans
- German terms derived from Afrikaans
- German terms borrowed from Dutch
- German terms derived from Dutch
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Languages
- Hunsrik terms derived from Afrikaans
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik neuter nouns
- Malay terms derived from Dutch
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay adjectives