Afrikaans
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnz
Audio (Southern England) (file)
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.
Translations
language
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Noun
Afrikaans (plural Afrikaans)
- A person from South Africa or Namibia who speaks Afrikaans. (More properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.)
- Synonym: Afrikaner
Translations
Afrikaner — see Afrikaner
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
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Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Afrikaans.
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
- ISO 639-1 code af, ISO 639-3 code afr (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Afrikaans, afr
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afriˈkɑ̃ːs/, /afriˈkɑːns/
Audio (file)
Adjective
Afrikaans (attributive Afrikaanse, not comparable)
Derived terms
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Afrikaansch (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /ɑf.riˈkaːns/
audio (Belgium) (file) - (Netherlands) IPA(key): /aː.friˈkaːns/
audio (Netherlands) (file) - Hyphenation: Afri‧kaans
Adjective
Afrikaans (comparative Afrikaanser, superlative meest Afrikaans or Afrikaanst)
Inflection
Inflection 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 | — |
Derived terms
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈafʁiˌkaːns/, /ˌafʁiˈkaːns/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Afrikaans n (proper noun, strong, genitive Afrikaans or 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).
Hunsrik
Derived terms
- Afrikaans Sproch
Related terms
- Sietafrikaaner
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afrikans/
Derived terms
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