Afrikaans
English
Etymology
From Afrikaans Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans.
Pronunciation
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.
- A term sometimes used of people from South Africa and Namibia (who speak Afrikaans), more properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.
Synonyms
- (Afrikaans person) Afrikaner
Translations
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Afrikaner — see Afrikaner
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Adjective
Afrikaans (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.
Translations
of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
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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
- (international standards) language code for [[w:ISO 639:Afrikaans|Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Afrikaans" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.]].
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
Afrikaans (attributive Afrikaanse, not comparable)
Proper noun
Afrikaans
- the Afrikaans language.
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "BE" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɑf.riˈkaːns/
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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
Inflection
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 | — |
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
From Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrikaans n (genitive 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).
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrikaans
- Afrikaans (language)
Derived terms
Adjective
Afrikaans
- Afrikaans (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
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