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If I hadn't left South Africa, I felt I was at risk of being pigeonholed. I looked around and saw actors who, 10 to 15 years into their careers, were still playing stereotypical Afrikaans characters, stereotyped Indian characters. That was not something that I wanted for myself.
Adhir Kalyan

Meaning of "Afrikaans" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AFRIKAANS

From Dutch: African.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AFRIKAANS

Afrikaans  [ˌæfrɪˈkɑːns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFRIKAANS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Afrikaans is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AFRIKAANS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Afrikaans

Afrikaans /æfrɪˈkɑːns/ is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa and Namibia, and to a lesser extent in Botswana and Zimbabwe. It is an offshoot of several Dutch dialects spoken by the mainly Dutch settlers of what is now South Africa, where it gradually began to develop independently in the course of the 18th century. Hence, historically, it is a daughter language of Dutch, and was previously referred to as "Cape Dutch" or "kitchen Dutch". Although Afrikaans adopted words from languages such as Portuguese, the Bantu languages, Malay, and the Khoisan languages, an estimated 90 to 95% of Afrikaans vocabulary is of Dutch origin. Therefore, differences with Dutch often lie in the more analytic morphology and grammar of Afrikaans, and a spelling that expresses Afrikaans pronunciation rather than standard Dutch. There is a large degree of mutual intelligibility between the two languages—especially in written form. With about 7 million native speakers in South Africa, or 13.5% of the population, it is the third-most-spoken mother tongue in the country.

Definition of Afrikaans in the English dictionary

The definition of Afrikaans in the dictionary is one of the official languages of the Republic of South Africa, closely related to Dutch Sometimes called: South African Dutch.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFRIKAANS


advance
ədˈvɑːns
break-dance
ˈbreɪkˌdɑːns
chance
tʃɑːns
dance
dɑːns
elance
ɪˈlɑːns
enhance
ɪnˈhɑːns
folk-dance
ˈfəʊkˌdɑːns
France
frɑːns
freelance
ˈfriːˌlɑːns
glance
ɡlɑːns
kans
kɑːns
krans
krɑːns
lance
lɑːns
nuance
njuːˈɑːns
off-chance
ˈɒftʃɑːns
rance
rɑːns
square-dance
skwɛə dɑːns
tap-dance
tæp dɑːns
trance
trɑːns
transe
trɑːns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFRIKAANS

African swine fever
African time
African Union
African violet
African wild dog
African-American
African-American Vernacular English
African-Canadian
African-Caribbean
Africana
Africander
Africanisation
Africanise
Africanism
Africanist
Africanization
Africanize
Afrikander
Afrikaner
Afrikanerdom

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFRIKAANS

Balkans
bans
blue jeans
by all means
by no means
cans
Corinthians
dedans
Ephesians
Evans
green beans
jeans
Le Mans
means
New Orleans
Romans
sans
shenanigans
Stans
Tans

Synonyms and antonyms of Afrikaans in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Afrikaans» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFRIKAANS

Find out the translation of Afrikaans to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Afrikaans from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Afrikaans» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

南非荷兰语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

afrikáans
570 millions of speakers

English

Afrikaans
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अफ्रीकी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللغة الأفريكانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

африкаанс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

africâner
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আফ্রিকান্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

afrikaans
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Afrikaans
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Afrikaans
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アフリカーンス語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아프리칸스어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Basa Afrikaans
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiếng Nam Phi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆஃப்ரிகான்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आफ्रिकान्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Afrikaans
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

afrikaans
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

język afrykanerski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

африкаанс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

afrikaans
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Αφρικάανς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Afrikaans
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

afrikaans
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

afrikaans
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Afrikaans

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFRIKAANS»

The term «Afrikaans» is very widely used and occupies the 8.222 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Afrikaans
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Afrikaans».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AFRIKAANS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Afrikaans» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Afrikaans» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Afrikaans

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2 QUOTES WITH «AFRIKAANS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Afrikaans.
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Adhir Kalyan
If I hadn't left South Africa, I felt I was at risk of being pigeonholed. I looked around and saw actors who, 10 to 15 years into their careers, were still playing stereotypical Afrikaans characters, stereotyped Indian characters. That was not something that I wanted for myself.
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Tanit Phoenix
Afrikaans is my first language, although you would never know, as my English accent has more of an American-British thing going on from all my years of travelling.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFRIKAANS»

Discover the use of Afrikaans in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Afrikaans and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Grammar of Afrikaans
This volume puts a useful descriptive grammar at the disposal of a world public, presenting a more complete description of the grammar that any to date for non-native speakers.
Bruce C. Donaldson, 1993
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Colloquial Afrikaans: The Complete Course for Beginners
Colloquial Afrikaans is the ideal introduction to the language, offering a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Afrikaans and requiring no previous experience of the language. An ideal course for language-learners.
Bruce Donaldson, 2012
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Complete Afrikaans: A Teach Yourself Guide
You'll learn grammar in a gradual manner so you won't be overwhelmed by this tricky subject. Exercises accompany the texts and reinforce learning in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Lydia McDermott, 2011
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Complete Afrikaans: Teach Yourself Audio eBook (Enhanced ...
Touch & Listen ebooks are a groundbreaking new approach to language learning that include recordings of pronunciation and conversations within the pages of the books themselves – right where you need them.
Lydia McDermott, 2012
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Roots of Afrikaans: Selected Writings of Hans Den Besten
Hans den Besten (1948-2010) made numerous contributions to Afrikaans linguistics over a period of nearly three decades. This title presents a selection of Den Besten's most important papers concerning the structure and history of Afrikaans.
Hans den Besten, Ton van der Wouden, 2012
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Fiela's Child
Set in nineteenth-century rural Africa, Fiela's Child tells the gripping story of Fiela Komoetie and a white, three-year old child, Benjamin, whom she finds crying on her doorstep.
Dalene Matthee, 2011
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Form and Meaning in Word Formation: A Study of Afrikaans ...
This study of reduplication in Afrikaans sheds new light on fundamental lexicalist principles of word formation.
Rudolf P. Botha, 1988
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Afrikaans Literature: Recollection, Redefinition, ...
speaking writers and authors found themselves in a quandary: to write or not to write in Afrikaans. An intellectual obstruction resulted which prevented people from exploring the actual dimensions of Afrikaans which are, as pointed out earlier, ...
Robert Kriger, 1996
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Afrikaans-English, English-Afrikaans Dictionary
Afrikaans, previously one of the two national languages of South Africa, and now one of eleven, has over 6 million speakers.
Jan Kromhout, 2001
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Language Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South ...
The widespread popular suspicion that white Afrikaans speakers who express dissatisfaction with the increasing marginalisation of Afrikaans serve, albeit perhaps covertly, an anti-statist Afrikaner nationalist agenda, while perhaps ...
Jon Orman, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFRIKAANS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Afrikaans is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rodriguez returns to SA due to popular demand!
In this interview Rodriguez even tries his hand at Afrikaans! Johannesburg - Big Concerts confirmed that the legendary Rodriguez will be ... «Channel 24, Jul 15»
2
The Good Expat: 5 Steps to a Successful Expat Experience
We avoided the constant comings and goings within the expat community, our kids learned Zulu and Afrikaans, and we were exposed to ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
Afrikaans singer Fredi Nest dies
Screengrab of Afrikaans singer Fredi Nest from his music video of ... CAPE TOWN - One of South Africa's most popular Afrikaans singers, Fredi ... «Eyewitness News, Jul 15»
4
Try the New Sasol Young Explorer App, Available in English …
The app is in four languages – English, Afrikaans, isiZulu and isiXhosa. It introduces children to African mammals, teaches them calls and ... «Books LIVE, Jul 15»
5
Education enslaves black minds
Radebe cautioned against reducing the 1976 uprising to resistance against the Afrikaans language, but rather a struggle against the whole ... «Sowetan Live, Jul 15»
6
FF+ takes farm murder 'genocide' to UN
Johannesburg - Afrikaans right-wing party, the Freedom Front Plus (FF+), has approached the UN Human Rights Commission in a bid to force ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
7
Why South Africa is thrilling the wine world
“My grandfather was an opposition member of parliament and in some form or another was at war with the Nationalist party, the Afrikaans ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
M-Net and kykNET to fund locally-produced film about abuse
Based on the highly-acclaimed novel Whiplash, by Tracey Farren, Shushh will tell the hard-hitting story of Tess, a sassy young Afrikaans sex ... «Media Update, Jul 15»
9
Let's applaud sacking the anachronism
The fact is there are so many children who wonder what they need to do to be in the Afrikaans bus. There are so many children who believe ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»
10
Afrikaans Newspaper, Now SA's Biggest Company, Seeks Further …
The company, which started as a traditional media company in Afrikaans language newspapers, also has a 34 percent stake in China's internet ... «www.sagoodnews.co.za, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Afrikaans [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/afrikaans>. Apr 2024 ».
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