Afrikaans

== English == === Etymology === From Afrikaans Afrikaans or Dutch Afrikaans. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːnz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/ Rhymes: -ɑːnz === 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 ==== === Noun === Afrikaans (plural Afrikaans) A person from South Africa or Namibia who speaks Afrikaans. (More properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.) Synonym: Afrikaner ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Afrikaans (not comparable) Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:Afrikaans. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === 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 Dutch Afrikaans. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /afriˈkɑ̃ːs/, /afriˈkɑːns/ === Adjective === Afrikaans (attributive Afrikaanse, not comparable) Afrikaans, relating to Afrikaans African, relating to Africans === Proper noun === Afrikaans the Afrikaans language. ==== Derived terms ==== Afrikaanssprekend Afrikaanstalig == Dutch == === Alternative forms === Afrikaansch (obsolete) === Etymology === From Afrikaan +‎ -s. === Pronunciation === (Belgium) IPA(key): /ɑf.riˈkaːns/ (Netherlands) IPA(key): /aː.friˈkaːns/, [aː.friˈkãːs] Hyphenation: Afri‧kaans === Adjective === Afrikaans (comparative Afrikaanser, superlative meest Afrikaans or Afrikaanst) African; of, from or pertaining to Africa Afrikaans; of, from or pertaining to the Afrikaans language ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Proper noun === Afrikaans n 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 ==== Zuid-Afrikaans ==== Related terms ==== Afrika == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈafʁiˌkaːns/, /ˌafʁiˈkaːns/ === 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 == === Etymology === From Afrikaans Afrikaans. === Proper noun === Afrikaans n Afrikaans (language) ==== Derived terms ==== Afrikaans Sproch ==== Related terms ==== Sietafrikaaner == Malay == === Etymology === From Dutch Afrikaans. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /afˈrikans/ [afˈri.kans] Rhymes: -ikans === Proper noun === Afrikaans (bahasa~) Afrikaans (language) === Adjective === Afrikaans Afrikaans (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)