Afrikaansn.adj.

Brit.

/afrᵻˈkɑːns/,

/afrᵻˈkɑːnz/, U.S.

/ˌæfrəˈkɑnz/, South African English

/ʌfrəˈkɑːns/

Forms:

α. 1800s Afrikaanse, 1900s– Afrikaansche.

β. 1800s– Afrikaans, 1900s– Africaans, 1900s– Afrikaanz, 1900s– Afrikance.

Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans Afrikaans.

Etymology: < Afrikaans Afrikaans (noun) denoting a language of southern Africa which evolved from Dutch, (adjective) of, relating to, or designating this language or its speakers (South African Dutch Afrikaansch (early 19th cent.), use as noun of Dutch afrikaansch of, relating to, originating from, or belonging to Africa: see African n. and adj.). With the use as noun compare slightly later Afrikander n. 4. With the use as adjective compare earlier Afrikander adj. and Afrikaner adj.In α. forms after Afrikaans afrikaanse, attributive form of afrikaans , used e.g. in die afrikaanse taal the Afrikaans language. With the form Afrikaansche compare Dutch afrikaansche, attributive form of afrikaansch (adjective).

A. n.

A language of southern Africa, and particularly of South Africa, a form of modified Dutch which evolved from the dialects of Dutch settlers in the region from the 17th cent. onwards. Cf. Cape Dutch n. (b) at cape n.³ Compounds 1b, South African Dutch n. 1, taal n.With English, an official language of the Union of South Africa (later the Republic of South Africa) from 1925 until 1994; subsequently one of eleven official languages.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > Dutch > Afrikaans

Dutch1731

Cape Dutch1826

South African Dutch1871

kitchen Dutch1880

Afrikaans1885

Afrikander1886

taal1896

1885 Times 22 May 12/3 They are bringing out poems and even a ‘Phrase-book’ of this new national tongue—this Afrikaanse, as they love to call their version of Cape Dutch.

1891 Birmingham Daily Post 22 Apr. 8/2 The official language of the New Republic will be Afrikaans.

1908 East London Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) 20 Oct. 4 I have always regarded (high) Dutch as my mother tongue and Africaans (low Dutch) as a hodge-pot sort of a language.

1921 Glasgow Herald 21 July 4 The dream of the young Dutch Nationalist is of a great Dutch South African Republic, the language of which would be Afrikaans.

1927 Observer 27 Mar. 16/6 Too many British South Africans fail to learn Afrikaans.

1952 L. Marquard Peoples & Policies S. Afr. iii. 65 In this book Afrikaner is used to mean a South African of European extraction whose mother-tongue is Afrikaans.

1976 N. Ashford in J. Crwys-Williams S. Afr. Despatches (1989) 412 Up to 10,000 students..carried banners with slogans denouncing the use of Afrikaans such as ‘Down with Afrikaans’, ‘We are not Boers’ and ‘Viva Azania’.

1996 P. Godwin Mukiwa (1997) i. 4 Only children called him oom Piet. Oom was Afrikaans for uncle.

2007 R. Watson Afr. Baobab i. 22 Several European names derive from the popularity of the pith, as..a substitute for tartaric acid—‘cream-of-tarter tree’ (kremetartboom in Afrikaans) or ‘Ethiopian sour gourd’.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating the Afrikaans language or Afrikaners. Cf. Afrikaner adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [adjective] > Afrikaner

Dutch1731

Afrikander1822

Afrikaans1914

Afrikaner1930

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > Afrikaans

South African Dutch1849

Afrikaans1914

1914 J. Burtt-Davy Maize i. 14 Its [sc. maize's] introduction into South Africa may have taken place before the establishment of the Dutch Colony in 1650... This is suggested by the Afrikaans word for maize, ‘mielie’ being undoubtedly a corruption of the Portuguese word milho, meaning grain.

1916 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 24 Dec. 7 He dwelt on the change from the time when it was an offence if one dared to speak of an Afrikaans people or nation.

1923 J. Reynolds (title) Maskew Miller's Afrikaans exercises for secondary schools.

1927 Official Year Bk. S. Afr. 16 It has been calculated that the proportion of German blood in the Afrikaans colonists up to the year 1806 was about 27 per cent.

1927 Official Year Bk. S. Afr. 22 The Afrikaans language..enjoys complete official recognition to-day.

1935 Times 8 Nov. 13/3 The Afrikaner Broederbond, originally a laudable society interested in Afrikaans culture..but now a secret society aiming for an independent Afrikaans form of government.

1948 Cape Times 25 Aug. 3 The Cape Town Afrikaanse Sakekamer (Afrikaans Chamber of Commerce).

1978 P.-D. Uys in S. Gray Theatre One 141 He was so Afrikaans—Rugby-God-Rugby-Beer... He even spoke English like a Van der Merwe joke—‘Ag no sis man Anna sis.’

1987 M. Maartens Ring around Moon 19 He had trouble finding the Afrikaans word for squash.

2004 D. Smiedt Are we there Yet? (2007) v. 111 Upon my arrival I was greeted by a rotund Afrikaans woman in a floral smock.

Compounds

Afrikaans-accented adj.

ΚΠ

1986 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 12 Apr. 2 The Progressive Federal Party MP..slammed Afrikaans-accented TV interviewers.

2007 A. Sardanis Venture in Afr. i. 12 ‘Man, just because we were good enough to the lady you want to take advantage of us; they cannot go,’ he pronounced in his Afrikaans-accented English.

Afrikaans-speaking adj.

ΚΠ

1927 Glasgow Herald 6 Oct. 12 Mr Beyers..denied that the Afrikaans-speaking South Africans were unwilling to co-operate with the rest of the Empire.

1946 Mind 55 45 In South Africa among the Afrikaans-speaking community (‘the Dutch’).

2010 South Afr. 6 Apr. 14/3 André..is Afrikaans-speaking and a rugby fanatic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	afrikaans
释义	Afrikaansn.adj. Brit. /afrᵻˈkɑːns/, /afrᵻˈkɑːnz/, U.S. /ˌæfrəˈkɑnz/, South African English /ʌfrəˈkɑːns/ Forms: α. 1800s Afrikaanse, 1900s– Afrikaansche. β. 1800s– Afrikaans, 1900s– Africaans, 1900s– Afrikaanz, 1900s– Afrikance. Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans Afrikaans. Etymology: < Afrikaans Afrikaans (noun) denoting a language of southern Africa which evolved from Dutch, (adjective) of, relating to, or designating this language or its speakers (South African Dutch Afrikaansch (early 19th cent.), use as noun of Dutch afrikaansch of, relating to, originating from, or belonging to Africa: see African n. and adj.). With the use as noun compare slightly later Afrikander n. 4. With the use as adjective compare earlier Afrikander adj. and Afrikaner adj.In α. forms after Afrikaans afrikaanse, attributive form of afrikaans , used e.g. in die afrikaanse taal the Afrikaans language. With the form Afrikaansche compare Dutch afrikaansche, attributive form of afrikaansch (adjective). A. n. A language of southern Africa, and particularly of South Africa, a form of modified Dutch which evolved from the dialects of Dutch settlers in the region from the 17th cent. onwards. Cf. Cape Dutch n. (b) at cape n.³ Compounds 1b, South African Dutch n. 1, taal n.With English, an official language of the Union of South Africa (later the Republic of South Africa) from 1925 until 1994; subsequently one of eleven official languages. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > Dutch > Afrikaans Dutch1731 Cape Dutch1826 South African Dutch1871 kitchen Dutch1880 Afrikaans1885 Afrikander1886 taal1896 1885 Times 22 May 12/3 They are bringing out poems and even a ‘Phrase-book’ of this new national tongue—this Afrikaanse, as they love to call their version of Cape Dutch. 1891 Birmingham Daily Post 22 Apr. 8/2 The official language of the New Republic will be Afrikaans. 1908 East London Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) 20 Oct. 4 I have always regarded (high) Dutch as my mother tongue and Africaans (low Dutch) as a hodge-pot sort of a language. 1921 Glasgow Herald 21 July 4 The dream of the young Dutch Nationalist is of a great Dutch South African Republic, the language of which would be Afrikaans. 1927 Observer 27 Mar. 16/6 Too many British South Africans fail to learn Afrikaans. 1952 L. Marquard Peoples & Policies S. Afr. iii. 65 In this book Afrikaner is used to mean a South African of European extraction whose mother-tongue is Afrikaans. 1976 N. Ashford in J. Crwys-Williams S. Afr. Despatches (1989) 412 Up to 10,000 students..carried banners with slogans denouncing the use of Afrikaans such as ‘Down with Afrikaans’, ‘We are not Boers’ and ‘Viva Azania’. 1996 P. Godwin Mukiwa (1997) i. 4 Only children called him oom Piet. Oom was Afrikaans for uncle. 2007 R. Watson Afr. Baobab i. 22 Several European names derive from the popularity of the pith, as..a substitute for tartaric acid—‘cream-of-tarter tree’ (kremetartboom in Afrikaans) or ‘Ethiopian sour gourd’. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Afrikaans language or Afrikaners. Cf. Afrikaner adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [adjective] > Afrikaner Dutch1731 Afrikander1822 Afrikaans1914 Afrikaner1930 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > Afrikaans South African Dutch1849 Afrikaans1914 1914 J. Burtt-Davy Maize i. 14 Its [sc. maize's] introduction into South Africa may have taken place before the establishment of the Dutch Colony in 1650... This is suggested by the Afrikaans word for maize, ‘mielie’ being undoubtedly a corruption of the Portuguese word milho, meaning grain. 1916 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 24 Dec. 7 He dwelt on the change from the time when it was an offence if one dared to speak of an Afrikaans people or nation. 1923 J. Reynolds (title) Maskew Miller's Afrikaans exercises for secondary schools. 1927 Official Year Bk. S. Afr. 16 It has been calculated that the proportion of German blood in the Afrikaans colonists up to the year 1806 was about 27 per cent. 1927 Official Year Bk. S. Afr. 22 The Afrikaans language..enjoys complete official recognition to-day. 1935 Times 8 Nov. 13/3 The Afrikaner Broederbond, originally a laudable society interested in Afrikaans culture..but now a secret society aiming for an independent Afrikaans form of government. 1948 Cape Times 25 Aug. 3 The Cape Town Afrikaanse Sakekamer (Afrikaans Chamber of Commerce). 1978 P.-D. Uys in S. Gray Theatre One 141 He was so Afrikaans—Rugby-God-Rugby-Beer... He even spoke English like a Van der Merwe joke—‘Ag no sis man Anna sis.’ 1987 M. Maartens Ring around Moon 19 He had trouble finding the Afrikaans word for squash. 2004 D. Smiedt Are we there Yet? (2007) v. 111 Upon my arrival I was greeted by a rotund Afrikaans woman in a floral smock. Compounds Afrikaans-accented adj. ΚΠ 1986 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 12 Apr. 2 The Progressive Federal Party MP..slammed Afrikaans-accented TV interviewers. 2007 A. Sardanis Venture in Afr. i. 12 ‘Man, just because we were good enough to the lady you want to take advantage of us; they cannot go,’ he pronounced in his Afrikaans-accented English. Afrikaans-speaking adj. ΚΠ 1927 Glasgow Herald 6 Oct. 12 Mr Beyers..denied that the Afrikaans-speaking South Africans were unwilling to co-operate with the rest of the Empire. 1946 Mind 55 45 In South Africa among the Afrikaans-speaking community (‘the Dutch’). 2010 South Afr. 6 Apr. 14/3 André..is Afrikaans-speaking and a rugby fanatic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1885
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