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[[File:Faan Rohrich Park.jpg|thumb|A [[plaque]] written in '''Afrikaans'''.]]


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Revision as of 08:09, 13 November 2014

See also: afrikaans

Englisch

Englisch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Pronunciation

A plaque written in Afrikaans.

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

Translations

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Adjective

Afrikaans (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.

Translations

See also

Wiktionary
Wiktionary
Afrikaans edition of Wiktionary

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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


Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adjective

Afrikaans (comparative Afrikaanser, superlative meest Afrikaans or Afrikaanst)

  1. African

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

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


German

German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Afrikaans n

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Malay

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Afrikaans

  1. Afrikaans (language)

Derived terms

Adjective

Afrikaans

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