Afrikaner
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Africander (archaic)
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Afrikaans Afrikaner.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˌæfɹɪˈkɑːnɚ/
=== Noun ===
Afrikaner (plural Afrikaners)
A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.
A breed of cattle; Afrikander.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Translations ====
=== See also ===
Boer
== Afrikaans ==
=== Etymology ===
From Dutch Afrikaan + -er.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /afriˈkɑːnər/
=== Noun ===
Afrikaner (plural Afrikaners)
Afrikaner
Synonym: (colloquial or historical) Boer
short for Afrikanerbees (zebu)
==== Alternative forms ====
Afrikaander
==== Descendants ====
→ English: Afrikaner
→ Portuguese: africâner
=== See also ===
Afrikaan (“African”)
Afrikaanssprekende (“Afrikaans speaker”)
== Dutch ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Afrikaander (dated, historical)
=== Etymology ===
From Afrikaan + -er. First attested in the 17th century. The sense “Afrikaner” is borrowed from Afrikaans.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aːfriˈkaːnər/
Hyphenation: Afri‧ka‧ner
Rhymes: -aːnər
=== Noun ===
Afrikaner m (plural Afrikaners, diminutive Afrikanertje n)
Afrikaner [from late 19th c.]
(archaic) African [17th–19th c.]
Synonym: Afrikaan
(archaic) Africanus [17th–19th c.]
==== Derived terms ====
== German ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Africaner (archaic)
=== Etymology ===
Possibly from Latin āfricānus + -er instead of -us
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʔafʁiˈkaːnɐ/
Hyphenation: Afri‧ka‧ner
=== Noun ===
Afrikaner m (strong, genitive Afrikaners, plural Afrikaner, feminine Afrikanerin)
African (person)
==== Declension ====
==== Hyponyms ====
Nordafrikaner, Südafrikaner
Westafrikaner, Ostafrikaner
Schwarzafrikaner, Weißafrikaner
==== Coordinate terms ====
Amerikaner, Asiate, Australier, Europäer
==== Related terms ====
Afrika, afrikanisch
Hannoveraner, Indianer
=== Further reading ===
“Afrikaner” in Duden online
“Afrikaner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache