Afrikaner

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See also: afrikaner and afrikáner

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans Afrikaner.

Noun

Afrikaner (plural Afrikaners)

  1. A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.
  2. A breed of cattle; Afrikander.

Translations

See also


Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Afrikaan + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afriˈkɑːnər/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Afrikaner (plural Afrikaners)

  1. Afrikaner
    Synonym: (colloquial or historical) Boer
  2. Short for Afrikanerbees. (zebu)

Alternative forms

See also

Descendants

  • English: Afrikaner
  • Portuguese: africâner

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Afrikaan +‎ -er. First attested in the 17th century. The sense “Afrikaner” is borrowed from Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

Noun

Afrikaner m (plural Afrikaners, diminutive Afrikanertje n)

  1. Afrikaner [from late 19th c.]
  2. (archaic) African [17th–19th c.]
    Synonym: Afrikaan
  3. (archaic) Africanus [17th–19th c.]

German

Etymology

Possibly from Latin āfricānus + -er instead of -us

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔafʁiˈkaːnɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Afri‧ka‧ner
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Afrikaner m (strong, genitive Afrikaners, plural Afrikaner, feminine Afrikanerin)

  1. African (person)
    • 1996, Sonja Fuchs, Die haitianischen Tiersprichwörter und ihre Herkunft, Kreolische Bibliothek Band 17, Helmut Buske Verlag Hamburg, p.58:
      Viele Historiker, die sich mit dem Sklavenhandel an den verschiedenen Küstenabschnitten Afrikas auseinandersetzen, weisen darauf hin, daß wesentlich mehr männliche als weibliche Afrikaner an die Europäer verkauft wurden.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Further reading

  • Afrikaner” in Duden online
  • Afrikaner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache