Afrikaans
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Afrikaans Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans.
Pronunciation[edit]

A plaque written in Afrikaans.
Proper noun[edit]
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.
- A term sometimes used of people from South Africa and Namibia (who speak Afrikaans), more properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.
Synonyms[edit]
- (Afrikaans person) Afrikaner
Translations[edit]
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Afrikaner — see Afrikaner
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Adjective[edit]
Afrikaans (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.
Translations[edit]
of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
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Further reading[edit]
- 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
- Ethnologue entry for Afrikaans, af
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Afrikaans (attributive Afrikaanse, not comparable)
Proper noun[edit]
Afrikaans
- the Afrikaans language.
Derived terms[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /ɑf.ri.ˈkaːns/
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audio (Belgium) (file) - (Netherlands) IPA(key): /aː.fri.ˈkaːns/
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audio (Netherlands) (file)
- Hyphenation: Afri‧kaans
Adjective[edit]
Afrikaans (comparative Afrikaanser, superlative meest Afrikaans or Afrikaanst)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of Afrikaans | ||||
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uninflected | Afrikaans | |||
inflected | Afrikaanse | |||
comparative | Afrikaanser | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | Afrikaans | Afrikaanser | het Afrikaanst het Afrikaanste |
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indefinite | m./f. sing. | Afrikaanse | Afrikaansere | Afrikaanste |
n. sing. | Afrikaans | Afrikaanser | Afrikaanste | |
plural | Afrikaanse | Afrikaansere | Afrikaanste | |
definite | Afrikaanse | Afrikaansere | Afrikaanste | |
partitive | Afrikaans | Afrikaansers | — |
Proper noun[edit]
Afrikaans n
- Afrikaans (language)
Usage notes[edit]
Because "Afrikaans" is ambiguously "African" as well as referring to the language, Zuid-Afrikaans is often used instead.
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Afrikaans n (genitive Afrikaans)
- Afrikaans (language)
Usage notes[edit]
- 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).
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Afrikaans
- Afrikaans (language)
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Afrikaans
- Afrikaans (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
Categories:
- 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 lemmas
- English proper 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 lemmas
- Afrikaans adjectives
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Languages
- Dutch words suffixed with -s
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch adjectives
- Dutch proper 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 links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Languages
- Malay terms derived from Dutch
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Malay lemmas
- Malay proper nouns
- Malay adjectives