Afrikaans

/ˌafɹɪˈkɑːnz/

Synonyms for "afrikaans" (17 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
afrikaans culturalafrikaans languageafrikaans-languageafrikaans-speaking

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(1 words)
afrikaner
Noun(3 words)
dutch-based languagedutch-derivedformal afrikaans

Related words (8)

Noun(7 words)
formal afrikaans styleformal registerstandard afrikaansstandard formtaaltaal languagewest germanic language

Related word relations

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DutchDutch languagecultural attributeethnolinguistic attributeformal registerlanguagelanguage attributelanguage varietylinguistic attributestandard language form

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14 entries
Afrikaans educationAfrikaans festivalsAfrikaans lexiconAfrikaans literatureAfrikaans mediaAfrikaans phonologyAfrikaans standard grammarAfrikaans standard spellingAfrikaans syntaxCape AfrikaansStandard Afrikaansacademic Afrikaansliterary Afrikaansmedia Afrikaans

Collocations

9 entries
Afrikaans dialectAfrikaans grammarAfrikaans languageAfrikaans literatureAfrikaans orthographyAfrikaans phonologyAfrikaans syntaxCape AfrikaansStandard Afrikaans

Inflections

2 entries
more Afrikaansmost Afrikaans

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

South Africa is called "Suid-Afrika" in Afrikaans.

Source: tatoeba (1815502)

We translated the report from English into Afrikaans.

Source: tatoeba (1829037)

The Republic of South Africa’s official languages are: Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu.

Source: tatoeba (9549710)

I am learning Afrikaans.

Source: tatoeba (10396610)

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