Afrikaans

//ˌafɹɪˈkɑːnz//

Synonyms for "afrikaans" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
afrikaans language
Adjective(1 words)
afrikaner

Strong matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
afrikaner

Related words (3)

Noun(2 words)
taaltaal language

Related word relations

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at location

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derived

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derived from

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is a

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related to

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Translations

167 translations across 108 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • Afrikaans name (language)

Albanian

1 entries
  • afrikane name (language)

Amharic

2 entries
  • አፍሪካንስ name (language)
  • አፍሪካንኛ name (language)

Arabic

1 entries
  • لُغَة أَفْرِيكَانِيَّة name (language)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Armenian

1 entries
  • աֆրիկանս name (language)

Asturian

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • Afrikaans name (language)

Basque

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • афрыкаанс name (language)

Bengali

1 entries
  • আফ্রিকান্স ভাষা name (language)

Breton

1 entries
  • afrikaneg name (language)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • африканс name (language)

Catalan

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᎬᎿᎨᏍᏛ name (language)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 南非荷蘭語的 /南非荷兰语的 adj (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
  • 南非語的 /南非语的 adj (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
  • 斐語的 /斐语的 adj (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
  • 阿非利堪斯語的 /阿非利堪斯语的 adj (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)

Cornish

1 entries
  • Afrikaans name (language)

Czech

2 entries
  • afrikánský adj (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
  • afrikánština name (language)

Danish

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Dutch

3 entries
  • Afrikaans adj (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
  • Afrikaans name (language)
  • Zuid-Afrikaans name (language)

Dutch Low Saxon

1 entries
  • Afrikaans name (language)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • afrikansa name (language)
  • afrikansa lingvo name (language)

Estonian

2 entries
  • afrikaani keel name (language)
  • buuri keel name (language)

Faroese

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Finnish

2 entries
  • afrikaansin kielinen adj (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
  • afrikaans name (language)

French

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Galician

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აფრიკაანსი name (language)

German

1 entries
  • Afrikaans name (language)

Greek

1 entries
  • αφρικάανς name (language)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • આફ્રીકી name (language)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אַפְרִיקַנְס name (language)

Herero

1 entries
  • Otjiafrikaansa name (language)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अफ़्रीकान्स name (language)
  • अफ़्रीकान्स भाषा name (language)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • afríkaans name (language)
  • afríkanska name (language)

Ido

2 entries
  • Afrikaansa name (language)
  • linguo Afrikaansa name (language)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • Afrikans name (language)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Irish

2 entries
  • Afracáinise adj (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
  • Afracáinis name (language)

Italian

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Japanese

1 entries
  • アフリカーンス語 name (language)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • afrikanersczi jãzëk name (language)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • африкаанс тілі name (language)
  • бур тілі name (language)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ភាសាអាហ្វ្រីក name (language)

Korean

1 entries
  • 아프리칸스어 name (language)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • африкаанс тили name (language)
  • бур тили name (language)

Latvian

3 entries
  • afrikandu valoda name (language)
  • afrikānss name (language)
  • būru valoda name (language)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • lèngoa afrikaans name (language)

Limburgish

2 entries
  • Afrikaans name (language)
  • Afrikaansj name (language)

Lingala

1 entries
  • liafríkánsi name (language)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • afrikanerių kalba name (language)
  • afrikanų name (language)
  • afrikanų kalba name (language)
  • būrų kalba name (language)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Afrikanesch name (language)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • fiteny afrikaans name (language)

Malay

2 entries
  • Afrikaans adj (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
  • Afrikaans name (language)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ആഫ്രിക്കാൻസ് name (language)

Maltese

1 entries
  • L-Afrikan name (language)

Marathi

1 entries
  • आफ्रिकान्स name (language)

Moksha

3 entries
  • африкандеронь name (language)
  • африканеронь name (language)
  • буронь name (language)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • африк хэл name (language)

Nahuatl

3 entries
  • africatlahtolli name (language)
  • africatlahtōlli name (language)
  • afrikaantlahtōlli name (language)

Navajo

1 entries
  • Tsinaabąąs Dineʼé bizaad name (language)

Nepali

1 entries
  • अफ्रिकाली name (language)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • afrîkaansî name (language)
  • afrîkansî name (language)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • afrikánsagiella name (language)

Northern Sotho

1 entries
  • Seafrikanse name (language)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Occitan

1 entries
  • africans name (language)

Persian

4 entries
  • آفریکانز name (language)
  • آفریکانس name (language)
  • زبان آفریکانز name (language)
  • زبان آفریکانس name (language)

Polish

2 entries
  • afrykanerski adj (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
  • afrikaans name (language)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • africânder adj (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
  • africânder name (language)
  • africâner name (language)

Romanian

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Russian

2 entries
  • африка́анс adj (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
  • африка́анс name (language)

Samogitian

2 entries
  • afrėkanu kalba name (language)
  • afrėkanū ruoda name (language)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries
  • Afrikoansk name (language)

Scots

1 entries
  • Afrikaans name (language)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • Afragàns name (language)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • afrikans name (language)
  • afrikanski name (language)
  • afrikanski jezik name (language)
  • африканс name (language)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Silesian

1 entries
  • godka afrikaans name (language)

Slovak

2 entries
  • afrikánsky adj (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language)
  • afrikánčina name (language)

Slovene

2 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)
  • afrikanščina name (language)

Somali

1 entries
  • af Afrikaanays name (language)

Sotho

2 entries
  • Seafrekanse name (language)
  • Seburu name (language)

Spanish

1 entries
  • afrikáans name (language)

Swahili

2 entries
  • Kiafrikaans name (language)
  • Kiafrikana name (language)

Swazi

1 entries
  • siBhunu name (language)

Swedish

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • Afrikaans name (language)

Thai

1 entries
  • ภาษาแอฟริคานส์ name (language)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • አፍሪቃንሰኛ name (language)

Tongan

1 entries
  • lea faka-Afrika name (language)

Tsonga

1 entries
  • Xibunu name (language)

Tswana

1 entries
  • Seburu name (language)

Turkish

3 entries
  • Afrikaans name (language)
  • Afrikanca name (language)
  • Afrikaner name (language)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • африкаанс name (language)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • afrikanšćina name (language)

Urdu

4 entries
  • افریکان name (language)
  • ایفریکان name (language)
  • ایفریکانز name (language)
  • ایفریکانس name (language)

Venetan

1 entries
  • afrikaans name (language)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • Afrikaans name (language)
  • tiếng Afrikaans name (language)
  • tiếng Hà Lan ở Kếp name (language)
  • tiếng Nam Phi name (language)

Volapük

1 entries
  • Frikopänapük name (language)

Welsh

1 entries
  • Affricaneg name (language)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • Afrikaansk name (language)

Xhosa

2 entries
  • isiAfrikansi name (language)
  • isiBhulu name (language)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַפֿריקאַנס name (language)

Zulu

2 entries
  • isAfrikansi name (language)
  • isiBhunu name (language)

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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