Afrikaner

See also: afrikaner and afrikáner

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans Afrikaner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌæfɹɪˈkɑːnə(ɹ)/

Noun

Afrikaner (plural Afrikaners)

  1. A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.
  2. A breed of cattle; Afrikander.

Translations

See also

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Afrikaan + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afriˈkɑːnər/
  • (file)

Noun

Afrikaner (plural Afrikaners)

  1. Afrikaner
    Synonym: (colloquial or historical) Boer
  2. Short for Afrikanerbees. (zebu)

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • English: Afrikaner
  • Portuguese: africâner

See also

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Afrikaan + -er. First attested in the 17th century. The sense “Afrikaner” is borrowed from Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːfriˈkaːnər/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Afri‧ka‧ner
  • Rhymes: -aːnər

Noun

Afrikaner m (plural Afrikaners, diminutive Afrikanertje n)

  1. Afrikaner [from late 19th c.]
  2. (archaic) African [17th–19th c.]
    Synonym: Afrikaan
  3. (archaic) Africanus [17th–19th c.]

German

Etymology

Possibly from Latin āfricānus + -er instead of -us

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔafʁiˈkaːnɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Afri‧ka‧ner
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

Afrikaner m (strong, genitive Afrikaners, plural Afrikaner, feminine Afrikanerin)

  1. African (person)
    • 1996, Sonja Fuchs, Die haitianischen Tiersprichwörter und ihre Herkunft, Kreolische Bibliothek Band 17, Helmut Buske Verlag Hamburg, p.58:
      Viele Historiker, die sich mit dem Sklavenhandel an den verschiedenen Küstenabschnitten Afrikas auseinandersetzen, weisen darauf hin, daß wesentlich mehr männliche als weibliche Afrikaner an die Europäer verkauft wurden.
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Declension

Further reading

  • Afrikaner” in Duden online
  • Afrikaner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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