Afrikaner
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans Afrikaner.
Noun
Afrikaner (plural Afrikaners)
- A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.
- A breed of cattle; Afrikander.
Translations
member of ethnic group
breed of cattle — see Afrikander
See also
Afrikaans
Etymology
Noun
Afrikaner (plural Afrikaners)
Descendants
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Afrikaander (dated, historical)
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)
- Afrikaner [from late 19th c.]
- (archaic) African [17th c. - 19th c.]
- Synonym: Afrikaan
- (archaic) Africanus [17th c. - 19th c.]
German
Pronunciation
Noun
Afrikaner m (genitive Afrikaners, plural Afrikaner, feminine Afrikanerin)
- 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.
- 1996, Sonja Fuchs, Die haitianischen Tiersprichwörter und ihre Herkunft, Kreolische Bibliothek Band 17, Helmut Buske Verlag Hamburg, p.58:
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- “Afrikaner” in Duden online
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