Afrikaner
English
Alternative forms
- Africander (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌæfɹɪˈkɑːnɚ/
Noun
Afrikaner (plural Afrikaners)
- A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.
- A breed of cattle; Afrikander.
Translations
member of ethnic group
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breed of cattle — see Afrikander
See also
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afriˈkɑːnər/
Audio (file)
Noun
Afrikaner (plural Afrikaners)
Alternative forms
See also
- Afrikaan (“African”)
- Afrikaanssprekende (“Afrikaans speaker”)
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Afrikaander (dated, historical)
Etymology
From Afrikaan + -er. First attested in the 17th century. The sense “Afrikaner” is borrowed from Afrikaans.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːfriˈkaːnər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Afri‧ka‧ner
- Rhymes: -aːnər
Noun
Afrikaner m (plural Afrikaners, diminutive Afrikanertje n)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔafʁiˈkaːnɐ/
Audio (file) Audio (Austria) (file) - Hyphenation: Afri‧ka‧ner
Noun
Afrikaner m (strong, genitive Afrikaners, plural Afrikaner, feminine Afrikanerin)
- African (person)
- 1996, Sonja Fuchs, “Die haitianischen Tiersprichwörter und ihre Herkunft”, in Kreolische Bibliothek Band 17, Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, page 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
Hyponyms
- Nordafrikaner, Südafrikaner
- Westafrikaner, Ostafrikaner
- Schwarzafrikaner, Weißafrikaner
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