Afrikaans
English
Alternative forms
- (both archaic) Africaans, Afrikaansch
Etymology
Borrowed from AfrikaansCategory:English terms borrowed from Afrikaans#AFRIKAANSCategory:English terms derived from Afrikaans#AFRIKAANS Afrikaans (“African”) itself from earlier DutchCategory:English terms derived from Dutch#AFRIKAANS Afrikaansch (“African”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːnz/, /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːns/Category:English 3-syllable words#AFRIKAANSCategory:English 3-syllable words#AFRIKAANSCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AFRIKAANS
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#AFRIKAANSAudio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/Category:English 3-syllable words#AFRIKAANSCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AFRIKAANS
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#AFRIKAANSAudio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːnzCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑːnz#AFRIKAANSCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑːnz/3 syllables#AFRIKAANS
- (General South African) IPA(key): /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːns/Category:English 3-syllable words#AFRIKAANSCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AFRIKAANS
- Rhymes: -ɑːnsCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑːns#AFRIKAANSCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑːns/3 syllables#AFRIKAANS
Proper noun
AfrikaansCategory:English lemmas#AFRIKAANSCategory:English proper nouns#AFRIKAANSCategory:English uncountable nouns#AFRIKAANSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with entries#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#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
Noun
Afrikaans (plural Afrikaans)Category:English lemmas#AFRIKAANSCategory:English nouns#AFRIKAANSCategory:English countable nouns#AFRIKAANSCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#AFRIKAANSCategory:English indeclinable nouns#AFRIKAANSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with entries#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AFRIKAANS
- A person from South Africa or Namibia who speaks Afrikaans. (More properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.)
- Synonym: Afrikaner
Translations
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Adjective
Afrikaans (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#AFRIKAANSCategory:English adjectives#AFRIKAANSCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#AFRIKAANSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with entries#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AFRIKAANS
- Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Afrikaans.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “Afrikaans, noun and adjective.”, in Dictionary of South African English, Makhanda, Eastern Cape: Dictionary Unit for South African English, 1996–2026.
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
Etymology
From DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch#AFRIKAANSCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch#AFRIKAANS Afrikaans.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afriˈkɑ̃ːs/, /afriˈkɑːns/Category:Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation#AFRIKAANS
Category:Afrikaans terms with audio pronunciation#AFRIKAANSAudio: (file)
Adjective
Afrikaans (attributive Afrikaanse, not comparable)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#AFRIKAANSCategory:Afrikaans adjectives#AFRIKAANSCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with entries#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AFRIKAANS
Proper noun
AfrikaansCategory:Afrikaans lemmas#AFRIKAANSCategory:Afrikaans proper nouns#AFRIKAANSCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with entries#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AFRIKAANS
- the Afrikaans language.
Derived terms
Category:af:Languages#AFRIKAANSDutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Afrikaan + -sCategory:Dutch terms suffixed with -s#AFRIKAANS.
Pronunciation
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /ɑf.riˈkaːns/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#AFRIKAANS
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#AFRIKAANSAudio (Belgium): (file) - (Netherlands) IPA(key): /aː.friˈkaːns/, [aː.friˈkãːs]Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#AFRIKAANS
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#AFRIKAANSAudio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: Afri‧kaans
Adjective
Afrikaans (comparative Afrikaanser, superlative meest Afrikaans or Afrikaanst)Category:Dutch lemmas#AFRIKAANSCategory:Dutch adjectives#AFRIKAANSCategory:Dutch adjectives with red links in their headword lines#AFRIKAANSCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with entries#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AFRIKAANS
- African; of, from or pertaining to Africa
- Afrikaans; of, from or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
Declension
| 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
Proper noun
Afrikaans nCategory:Dutch lemmas#AFRIKAANSCategory:Dutch proper nouns#AFRIKAANSCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#AFRIKAANSCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with entries#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AFRIKAANS
- 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
Related terms
Category:nl:Languages#AFRIKAANSGerman
Etymology
Borrowed from AfrikaansCategory:German terms borrowed from Afrikaans#AFRIKAANSCategory:German terms derived from Afrikaans#AFRIKAANS and/or DutchCategory:German terms borrowed from Dutch#AFRIKAANSCategory:German terms derived from Dutch#AFRIKAANS Afrikaans.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrikaans n (proper noun, strong, genitive Afrikaans or Afrikaans')Category:German lemmas#AFRIKAANSCategory:German proper nouns#AFRIKAANSCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#AFRIKAANSCategory:German neuter nouns#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with entries#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#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
Etymology
From AfrikaansCategory:Hunsrik terms derived from Afrikaans#AFRIKAANS Afrikaans.
Proper noun
Afrikaans nCategory:Hunsrik lemmas#AFRIKAANSCategory:Hunsrik nouns#AFRIKAANSCategory:Hunsrik entries with incorrect language header#AFRIKAANSCategory:Hunsrik neuter nouns#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with entries#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AFRIKAANS
- Afrikaans (language)
Derived terms
Related terms
Malay
Etymology
From DutchCategory:Malay terms derived from Dutch#AFRIKAANS Afrikaans.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
AfrikaansCategory:Malay lemmas#AFRIKAANSCategory:Malay nouns#AFRIKAANSCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with entries#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AFRIKAANS
Adjective
AfrikaansCategory:Malay lemmas#AFRIKAANSCategory:Malay adjectives#AFRIKAANSCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with entries#AFRIKAANSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AFRIKAANS
- Afrikaans (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)