Afrikaans Definition

ăfrĭ-käns, -känz

noun

A language that developed from 17th-century Dutch and is an official language of South Africa.

American Heritage

An official language of South Africa, developed from 17th-cent. Dutch.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
south african dutch
taal

adjective

Of or relating to Afrikaans or Afrikaners.

American Heritage

Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
afrikaner

pronoun

A Germanic language descending from Dutch; the primary language of the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers, as well as many mixed-race (e.g. Rehoboth Basters) living in South Africa and in Namibia. Also, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa and until 1990 one of three official languages of Namibia.

Wiktionary

A term sometimes used of people from South Africa and Namibia (who speak Afrikaans), more properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.

Wiktionary

Origin of Afrikaans

Afrikaans from Dutch Afrikaansch African from Latin Āfricānus Afrikaner

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition