Afrikaans

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See also: afrikaans and afrikáans

English

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

Etymology

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From Afrikaans Afrikaans or Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

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Particularly: "South Africa"
A plaque written in Afrikaans.

Proper noun

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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.

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Noun

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Afrikaans (plural Afrikaans)

  1. A person from South Africa or Namibia who speaks Afrikaans. (More properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.)
    Synonym: Afrikaner

Translations

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Adjective

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Afrikaans (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Afrikaans.

Translations

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Further reading

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /afriˈkɑ̃ːs/, /afriˈkɑːns/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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Afrikaans (attributive Afrikaanse, not comparable)

  1. Afrikaans, relating to Afrikaans
  2. African, relating to Africans

Proper noun

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Afrikaans

  1. the Afrikaans language.

Derived terms

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Afrikaan +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

Declension

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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

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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Afrikaans n

  1. Afrikaans (language)

Usage notes

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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

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German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

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Borrowed from Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈafʁiˌkaːns/, /ˌafʁiˈkaːns/
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Proper noun

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Afrikaans n (proper noun, strong, genitive Afrikaans or Afrikaans')

  1. Afrikaans (language)

Usage notes

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  • 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).

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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From Afrikaans Afrikaans.

Proper noun

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Afrikaans n

  1. Afrikaans (language)

Derived terms

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Afrikaans

  1. Afrikaans (language)

Derived terms

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Adjective

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Afrikaans

  1. Afrikaans (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)