"Afrikaans" meaning in Afrikaans

See Afrikaans in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /afriˈkɑ̃ːs/, /afriˈkɑːns/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Afrikaans.wav Forms: Afrikaanse [attributive]
Etymology: From Dutch Afrikaans. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|Afrikaans}} Dutch Afrikaans Head templates: {{af-adj||-}} Afrikaans (attributive Afrikaanse, not comparable)
  1. Afrikaans, relating to Afrikaans Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Afrikaans-af-adj-Njj~iR1z
  2. African, relating to Africans Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Afrikaans-af-adj-mccLUjwA

Proper name

IPA: /afriˈkɑ̃ːs/, /afriˈkɑːns/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Afrikaans.wav
Etymology: From Dutch Afrikaans. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|Afrikaans}} Dutch Afrikaans Head templates: {{head|af|proper noun}} Afrikaans
  1. the Afrikaans language. Derived forms: Afrikaanssprekend, Afrikaanstalig
    Sense id: en-Afrikaans-af-name-L51pRbmj Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Languages Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 21 17 63 Disambiguation of Languages: 0 18 82

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Afrikaans dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (58c391d and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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