English

Proper noun

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.
2. A term sometimes used of people from South Africa and Namibia (who speak Afrikaans), more properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.

Synonyms

• (Afrikaans person) Afrikaner

Translations

Adjective

Afrikaans ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.

Translations

See also

• 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
• Ethnologue entry for Afrikaans, af
• Afrikaans–English Dictionary from Webster’s Online Dictionary

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afrɪˈkɑ̃ːs/

Etymology

From Dutch Afrikaans.

Adjective

Afrikaans ‎(attributive Afrikaanse, not comparable)

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

Proper noun

Afrikaans

1. the Afrikaans language.

Derived terms

• Afrikaanssprekend
• Afrikaanstalig

Dutch

Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ɑf.ri.ˈkaːns/
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /aː.fri.ˈkaːns/

• Hyphenation: Afri‧kaans

Etymology

From Afrikaan +‎ -s.

Adjective

Afrikaans ‎(comparative Afrikaanser, superlative meest Afrikaans or Afrikaanst)

1. African

Inflection

Proper noun

Afrikaans n

1. Afrikaans (language)

Usage notes

Because "Afrikaans" is ambiguously "African" as well as referring to the language, Zuid-Afrikaans is often used instead.

Synonyms

• Zuid-Afrikaans

Related terms

• Afrika

German

Etymology

From Afrikaans and/or Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Afrikaans n ‎(genitive Afrikaans)

1. 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).

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afrikans/

Proper noun

Afrikaans

1. Afrikaans (language)

Derived terms

• bahasa Afrikaans

Adjective

Afrikaans

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

Catalan

Proper noun

afrikaans m

1. Afrikaans

Related terms

• afrikaner

Danish

Noun

afrikaans n

1. Afrikaans (language)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: af‧ri‧kaans

Noun

afrikaans

1. the Afrikaans language

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fʁi.kɑ̃/

Noun

afrikaans m ‎(uncountable)

1. Afrikaans (language)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒfrikaːns]
• Hyphenation: af‧ri‧kaans

Noun

afrikaans

1. Afrikaans (language)

Declension

Italian

Noun

afrikaans m

1. Afrikaans (language)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

afrikaans ‎(indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. the Afrikaans language

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

afrikaans ‎(indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. Afrikaans (the language)

Romanian

afrikaans

Noun

afrikaans

1. Afrikaans (language)

Spanish

Noun

afrikaans m ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative form of afrikáans

Swedish

Noun

afrikaans c

1. Afrikaans (language)

References

• afrikaans in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)