Afrikaans

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See also: afrikaans and afrikáans

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Wiktionary
Afrikaans edition of Wiktionary

Etymology

From Afrikaans Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

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.
  2. A term sometimes used of people from South Africa and Namibia (who speak Afrikaans), more properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.

Synonyms

Translations

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Adjective

Afrikaans (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.

Translations

Further reading


Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

From Afrikaan +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

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  • audio (Belgium):(file)
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  • audio (Netherlands):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Afri‧kaans

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

Declension 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

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


German

German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

From Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Afrikaans n (genitive 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).

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)