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Afrikaner
" There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikaner mind set of the Unionist politicians, which was holding all power in their own hands, and discriminating, and their objective was to protect their identity."
John Hume

Meaning of "Afrikaner" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF AFRIKANER

afriˈkaːnə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFRIKANER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Afrikaner 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 AFRIKANER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Afrikaner

Throughout Africa Plurality in South Africa · Namibia · Botswana and every Southern African state[1] except Zimbabwe 2,875,000[2] Regions with significant populations South Africa 2,710,461[3][4] United Kingdom 100,000[5] Namibia 49,220[6] Botswana ~20,000[7] United States 16,010[8] Swaziland 13,000[9] Argentina 400[10] Languages First language Afrikaans Second or third language ▪ English ▪ Bantu, various Religion Christianity · Calvinism Roman Catholicism · Irreligious. Related ethnic groups ▪ Dutch ▪ Frisians ▪ German Namibians ▪ Cape Coloureds ▪ Basters ▪ Oorlam ▪ Griqua ▪ British diaspora in Africa Afrikaners are a Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly[11] Dutch settlers first arriving in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. They have traditionally dominated South Africa's politics and agriculture.[6] Some of the more common Afrikaner surnames include Botha, Pretorius, and van der Merwe.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFRIKANER

Americana · arena · Argentina · banana · Botswana · Christina · cleaner · corner · Ghana · Herzegovina · laguna · lana · Luna · mana · marina · piscina · rusticana · sauna · tina · turner

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFRIKANER

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 · Afrikaans · Afrikander · Afrikanerdom

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFRIKANER

air cleaner · Bikaner · caner · chicaner · cylinder vacuum cleaner · deaner · dry-cleaner · gleaner · Lipizzaner · loaner · oven cleaner · pipe cleaner · planer · profaner · street cleaner · sylvaner · vacuum cleaner · weaner · Weimaraner · window cleaner

Synonyms and antonyms of Afrikaner in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Afrikaner» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF AFRIKANER

Find out the translation of Afrikaner to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Afrikaner from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Afrikaner» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

欧洲血统的南非人
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

afrikáner
570 millions of speakers
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English

Afrikaner
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

अफ्रिकानेर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شَخْصٌ مِنْ جَنُوبِ أَفْرِيقيا مِنْ أَصْلٍ أُورُبِيٍّ وخَاصّةً مِنْ الـمُسْتَوْطِنيـنِ الهُولَنْدِييـن
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

африкандер
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

africâner
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

Afrikaner
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Afrikaner
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Afrikaner
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Afrikaander
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

アフリカーナー
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

아프리카너
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Afrikaner
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người Nam Phi gốc Âu (đặc biệt là Hà Lan)
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஆப்பிரிக்கானிர்கள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अफ्रिकानेर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Güney Afrika´da doğan Avrupalı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

afrikaner
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Afrykaner
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

африкандер
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

afrikaander
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Αφρικάνερ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Afrikaner
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

afrikand
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

afrikander
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Afrikaner

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFRIKANER»

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

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QUOTES WITH «AFRIKANER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Afrikaner.
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John Hume
There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikaner mind set of the Unionist politicians, which was holding all power in their own hands, and discriminating, and their objective was to protect their identity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFRIKANER»

Discover the use of Afrikaner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Afrikaner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Oxwagon Sentinel: Radical Afrikaner Nationalism and the ...
But there are important differences, as Arthur Asa Berger makes clear in this important new work.
Christoph Marx, 2009
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Bram Fischer: Afrikaner Revolutionary
A passionate study of an Afrikaner dissident who was one of the founding fathers of the liberation struggle in South Africa and whose power to provoke an intense response is as apparent today as in the past.
Stephen Clingman, 2011
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Afrikaner Dissidents: A Social Psychological Study of ...
The aim of this book is to demystify Afrikaner identity.
Joha Louw-Potgieter, 1988
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The Last Trek: A Study of the Boer People and the Afrikaner ...
This book evaluates the historical factors that produced the Boer people, and the political, religious and economic forces that maintain modern Afrikaner Nationalism.
Sheila Patterson, 2013
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Making Men: Rugby and Masculine Identity
This chapter explores the linkages between rugby, Afrikaner nationalism and masculinity in South Africa. It involves an analysis of the growth of rugby in Afrikaner circles; a correlation between and an evaluation of the dynamics of nationalism ...
John Nauright, Timothy John Lindsay Chandler, 1996
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The Last Afrikaner Leaders: A Supreme Test of Power
IN 1973 THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY (PP) INVITED SOME 30 AFRIKANER ACADEMICS to a conference near Pretoria. Standing for a qualified franchise and the abolition of racial discrimination, the PP enjoyed little Afrikaner support. Its sole ...
Hermann Giliomee, 2013
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The Angry Divide: Social and Economic History of the Western ...
Introduction Over the past century the wine and wheat farmers of the Western Cape have arguably been the firmest pillar of support for the Afrikaner nationalist movement which today rules South Africa. Yet, apart from Davenport's study of the ...
Wilmot Godfrey James, Mary Simons, 1989
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The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of Apartheid
Connecting with Afrikaner nationalist thinking reveals two core concerns that underpinned the apartheid project (which the liberal paradigm ignores, and the Marxist paradigm only partially addresses). These two core concerns were: • Anglos ...
P. Eric Louw, 2004
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The Politics of Ethnic Nationalism: Afrikaner Unity, the ...
The book illustrates, at a local level and using detailed materials, how identity was constructed through a process of excluding some (English, Jew, Coloured) and including others.
Joanne L. Duffy, 2012
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Worldview Flux: Perplexed Values Among Postmodern Peoples
Afrikaner. Identity. in. Late. Twentieth-Century. South. Africa: Struggle,. Trek,. and. Rootedness. Darrell. P. Kruger. It is the year 2015. The super large stage is in the shade of the huge grey statues of the founding fathers of the volkstaat.
Jim Norwine, Jonathan M. Smith, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFRIKANER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Afrikaner is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ghosts of the past: How Jacob Zuma and other ANC political figures …
The backstory here, and which is not clear from this hearing, is that at the time – during the late 1980s – many Afrikaner intellectuals, writers, ... «Daily Maverick, Jul 15»
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If ISIS Doesn't Liberate Palestine… Who Will?
... state that, according to South African leader Bishop Desmond Tutu and others, exceeds even the crimes of the Afrikaner National Party. «CounterCurrents.org, Jul 15»
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Racist now has two black 'daughters'
A self-confessed white Afrikaner racist has opened his home to the two daughters of a deceased black ANC woman activist. Gansbaai ... «Sowetan Live, Jul 15»
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Black man, white man: you are both on your own
Have no doubt that, at the other end of the land, these lines also have a profound effect on the young Afrikaner Kemp, who comes across more ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»
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Arts Festival: Heh heh: Satire takes centre-stage at Grahamstown
... Audience with Miss Hobhouse) is back with Cape of Rebels, an account of Afrikaner poets taking on the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
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Malema to take Ramaphosa to court over Marikana
We were expelled by an Afrikaner called Derek Hanekom,” said Malema. “Mthethwa, who was police minister when the miners were killed, also ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
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Imprisoned by the Freedom Charter
... resonated with the historical experience and self-awareness forged in struggles against the ascendant bywoner, or poor rural Afrikaner class. «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»
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West Lancashire's former MP candidate joins group fighting for white …
Asked to explain the policy Mr Sen, whose grandfather was Indian and grandmother was an Afrikaner, insisted: "There will be a policy for ... «Southport Visiter, Jul 15»
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Remembering Frank Kameny, the Moses of the LGBT Movement
... from the Afrikaner's treatment of the South African native; or (short, possibly of the ovens and gas chambers) from the Nazi's treatment of the ... «Forward, Jul 15»
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A small child's window into a vicious regime
... a society in the 1950s and 1960s still traumatised by WWII and the Boer War, composed of the Afrikaner Nationalists and their secret police, ... «Echonetdaily, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Afrikaner [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/afrikaner>. May 2024 ».
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