Standard Lemma guide

Afrikaans

adj · name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːnz/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːns/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑːnz
  • General-South-African: /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːns/
  • rhymes with -ɑːns
  • CMU ARPABET: AE2 F R AH0 K AA1 N Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person from South Africa or Namibia who speaks Afrikaans. (More properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Afrikaner

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an Afrikaans couple
  • Afrikaner support

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Afrikaner

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Taal, South African Dutch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Dutch

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans Afrikaans (“African”) itself from earlier Dutch Afrikaansch (“African”).

Across languages

Translations

167 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 南非語的 /南非语的 (Nánfēi yǔ de) — of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 南非荷蘭語的 /南非荷兰语的 (Nánfēi Hélán yǔ de) — of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿非利堪斯語的 /阿非利堪斯语的 (Āfēilìkānsī yǔ de) — of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斐語的 /斐语的 (Fěiyǔ de) — of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
  • Czech: afrikánský — of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
  • Dutch: Afrikaans — of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
  • Finnish: afrikaansin kielinen — of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
  • Irish: Afracáinise — of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
  • Malay: Afrikaans — of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
  • Polish: afrykanerski — of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
  • Portuguese: africânder — of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
  • Russian: африка́анс (afrikáans) — of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
  • Slovak: afrikánsky — of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
  • Afrikaans: Afrikaans — language
  • Albanian: afrikane — language
  • Amharic: አፍሪካንኛ (ʾäfrikanña) — language
  • Amharic: አፍሪካንስ (ʾäfrikans) — language
  • Arabic: لُغَة أَفْرِيكَانِيَّة — language
  • Aragonese: afrikaans — language
  • Armenian: աֆրիկանս (afrikans) — language
  • Asturian: afrikaans — language
  • Azerbaijani: Afrikaans — language
  • Basque: afrikaans — language
  • Belarusian: афрыкаанс (afrykaans) — language
  • Bengali: আফ্রিকান্স ভাষা (aphrikanśo bhaśa) — language
  • Breton: afrikaneg — language
  • Bulgarian: африканс (afrikans) — language
  • Catalan: afrikaans — language
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎬᎿᎨᏍᏛ (agvhnagesdv) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 南非語 /南非语 (Nánfēi yǔ) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 南非荷蘭語 /南非荷兰语 (Nánfēi Hélán yǔ) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿非利堪斯語 /阿非利堪斯语 (Āfēilìkānsī yǔ) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斐語 /斐语 (Fěiyǔ) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿非利卡語 /阿非利卡语 (Āfēilìkǎ yǔ) — language
  • Cornish: Afrikaans — language
  • Czech: afrikánština — language
  • Danish: afrikaans — language
  • Dutch: Afrikaans — language
  • Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaans — language
  • Esperanto: afrikansa — language
  • Esperanto: afrikansa lingvo — language
  • Estonian: afrikaani keel — language
  • Estonian: buuri keel — language
  • Faroese: afrikaans — language
  • Finnish: afrikaans — language
  • French: afrikaans — language
  • Saterland Frisian: Afrikoansk — language
  • West-Frisian: Afrikaansk — language
  • Galician: afrikaans — language
  • Georgian: აფრიკაანსი (apriḳaansi) — language
  • German: Afrikaans — language
  • Greek: αφρικάανς (afrikáans) — language
  • Gujarati: આફ્રીકી (āphrīkī) — language
  • Hebrew: אַפְרִיקַנְס (afrikáns) — language
  • Herero: Otjiafrikaansa — language
  • Hindi: अफ़्रीकान्स (afrīkāns) — language
  • Hindi: अफ़्रीकान्स भाषा (afrīkāns bhāṣā) — language
  • Hungarian: afrikaans — language
  • Icelandic: afríkanska — language
  • Icelandic: afríkaans — language
  • Ido: linguo Afrikaansa — language
  • Ido: Afrikaansa — language
  • Indonesian: Afrikans — language
  • Interlingua: afrikaans — language
  • Irish: Afracáinis — language
  • Italian: afrikaans — language
  • Japanese: アフリカーンス語 (Afurikānsu-go) — language
  • Kashubian: afrikanersczi jãzëk — language
  • Kazakh: африкаанс тілі (afrikaans tılı) — language
  • Kazakh: бур тілі (bur tılı) — language
  • Khmer: ភាសាអាហ្វ្រីក (phiasa afrik) — language
  • Korean: 아프리칸스어 (Apeurikanseu-eo) — language
  • Northern Kurdish: afrîkansî — language
  • Northern Kurdish: afrîkaansî — language
  • Kyrgyz: африкаанс тили (afrikaans tili) — language
  • Kyrgyz: бур тили (bur tili) — language
  • Latvian: afrikānss — language
  • Latvian: afrikandu valoda — language
  • Latvian: būru valoda — language
  • Ligurian: lèngoa afrikaans — language
  • Limburgish: Afrikaans — language
  • Limburgish: Afrikaansj — language
  • Lingala: liafríkánsi — language
  • Lithuanian: afrikanų — language
  • Lithuanian: afrikanų kalba — language
  • Lithuanian: afrikanerių kalba — language
  • Lithuanian: būrų kalba — language
  • Luxembourgish: Afrikanesch — language
  • Malagasy: fiteny afrikaans — language
  • Malay: Afrikaans — language
  • Malayalam: ആഫ്രിക്കാൻസ് (āphrikkāṉsŭ) — language
  • Maltese: L-Afrikan — language
  • Marathi: आफ्रिकान्स (āphrikānsa) — language
  • Moksha: африканеронь (afrikaneroń) — language
  • Moksha: африкандеронь (afrikanderoń) — language
  • Moksha: буронь (buroń) — language
  • Mongolian: африк хэл (afrik xel) — language
  • Nahuatl: afrikaantlahtōlli — language
  • Nahuatl: africatlahtōlli — language
  • Nahuatl: africatlahtolli — language
  • Navajo: Tsinaabąąs Dineʼé bizaad — language
  • Nepali: अफ्रिकाली (aphrikālī) — language
  • Northern Sotho: Seafrikanse — language
  • Norwegian: afrikaans — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: afrikaans — language
  • Occitan: africans — language
  • Persian: آفریکانس (âfrikâns) — language
  • Persian: آفریکانز (âfrikânz) — language
  • Persian: زبان آفریکانس (zabân-e âfrikâns) — language
  • Persian: زبان آفریکانز (zabân-e âfrikânz) — language
  • Polish: afrikaans — language
  • Portuguese: africâner — language
  • Portuguese: africânder — language
  • Romanian: afrikaans — language
  • Russian: африка́анс (afrikáans) — language
  • Northern Sami: afrikánsagiella — language
  • Samogitian: afrėkanu kalba — language
  • Samogitian: afrėkanū ruoda — language
  • Scots: Afrikaans — language
  • Scottish Gaelic: Afragàns — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: африканс — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: африкански — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: afrikans — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: afrikanski — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: afrikanski jezik — language
  • Sicilian: afrikaans — language
  • Silesian: godka afrikaans — language
  • Slovak: afrikánčina — language
  • Slovene: afrikaans — language
  • Slovene: afrikanščina — language
  • Somali: af Afrikaanays — language
  • Lower Sorbian: afrikaans — language
  • Upper Sorbian: afrikanšćina — language
  • Sotho: Seburu — language
  • Sotho: Seafrekanse — language
  • Spanish: afrikáans — language
  • Swahili: Kiafrikaans — language
  • Swahili: Kiafrikana — language
  • Swazi: siBhunu — language
  • Swedish: afrikaans — language
  • Tagalog: Afrikaans — language
  • Thai: ภาษาแอฟริคานส์ (paasăa aefáríkaan) — language
  • Tigrinya: አፍሪቃንሰኛ (ʾäfriḳansäña) — language
  • Tongan: lea faka-Afrika — language
  • Tsonga: Xibunu — language
  • Tswana: Seburu — language
  • Turkish: Afrikanca — language
  • Turkish: Afrikaans — language
  • Turkish: Afrikaner — language
  • Ukrainian: африкаанс (afrykaans) — language
  • Urdu: ایفریکان (aifrīkān) — language
  • Urdu: افریکان (afrīkān) — language
  • Urdu: ایفریکانس (aifrīkāns) — language
  • Urdu: ایفریکانز (aifrīkānz) — language
  • Venetan: afrikaans — language
  • Vietnamese: Afrikaans — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Afrikaans — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Hà Lan ở Kếp — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Nam Phi — language
  • Volapük: Frikopänapük — language
  • Welsh: Affricaneg — language
  • Wolaytta: Afrikkaanettuwa — language
  • Xhosa: isiBhulu — language
  • Xhosa: isiAfrikansi — language
  • Yiddish: אַפֿריקאַנס (afrikans) — language
  • Zulu: isAfrikansi — language
  • Zulu: isiBhunu — language
Real reading context

Afrikaans in complete knowledge articles