# Afrikaans
## English
### Etymology

From Afrikaans Afrikaans or Dutch Afrikaans.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːnz/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/
* Rhymes: -ɑːnz
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### 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

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### Adjective

Afrikaans (not comparable)
* Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Afrikaans.

#### 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: /afriˈkɑ̃ːs/, /afriˈkɑːns/
* Audio:(file)

### 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: /ɑf.riˈkaːns/
* Audio (Belgium):(file)
* (Netherlands) IPA: /aː.friˈkaːns/
* Audio (Netherlands):(file)
* 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

#### Derived terms

* Afrikaanse draaihals
* Afrikaanse maraboe
* Afrikaanse schaarbek
* Afrikaanse Unie
* Afrikaanse wilde hond
* Afrikaanse zwarte eend

### 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: /ˈafʁiˌkaːns/, /ˌafʁiˈkaːns/
* Audio:(file)

### 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).

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### Etymology

From Afrikaans Afrikaans.

### Proper noun

Afrikaans n
* Afrikaans (language)

#### Derived terms

* Afrikaans Sproch

#### Related terms

* Sietafrikaaner

## Malay
### Etymology

From Dutch Afrikaans.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /afrikans/

### Proper noun

Afrikaans
* Afrikaans (language)

#### Derived terms

* bahasa Afrikaans

### Adjective

Afrikaans
* Afrikaans (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)