See also: afrikaans and afrikáans

English edit

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

Etymology edit

From Afrikaans Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnz
    • (file)
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Particularly: "South Africa"
 
A plaque written in Afrikaans.

Proper noun edit

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.

Translations edit

Noun edit

Afrikaans (plural Afrikaans)

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

Translations edit

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Adjective edit

Afrikaans (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Afrikaans.

Translations edit

Further reading edit

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

Afrikaans (attributive Afrikaanse, not comparable)

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

Proper noun edit

Afrikaans

  1. the Afrikaans language.

Derived terms edit

Dutch edit

 
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Afrikaan +‎ -s.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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 edit

Inflection 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

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Proper noun edit

Afrikaans n

  1. Afrikaans (language)

Usage notes edit

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.

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German edit

 
German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

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

  1. 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).

Hunsrik edit

Etymology edit

From Afrikaans Afrikaans.

Proper noun edit

Afrikaans n

  1. Afrikaans (language)

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Afrikaans

  1. Afrikaans (language)

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

Afrikaans

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