Afrikaner

• Africander (archaic)

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /ˌæfɹɪˈkɑːnɚ/

Afrikaner (plural Afrikaners)

1. A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.
2. A breed of cattle; Afrikander.

• Boer

From Dutch Afrikaan + -er.

• IPA^(key): /afriˈkɑːnər/

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Afrikaner (plural Afrikaners)

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   Synonym: (colloquial or historical) Boer

2. Short for Afrikanerbees (zebu)

• Afrikaander

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• → Portuguese: africâner

• Afrikaan (“African”)
• Afrikaanssprekende (“Afrikaans speaker”)

• Afrikaander (dated, historical)

From Afrikaan +‎ -er. First attested in the 17th century. The sense “Afrikaner” is borrowed from Afrikaans.

• IPA^(key): /aːfriˈkaːnər/

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• Hyphenation: Afri‧ka‧ner
• Rhymes: -aːnər

Afrikaner m (plural Afrikaners, diminutive Afrikanertje n)

1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) [from late 19th c.]
2. (archaic) African [17th–19th c.]

   Synonym: Afrikaan

3. (archaic) Africanus [17th–19th c.]

Possibly from Latin āfricānus + -er instead of -us

• IPA^(key): /ʔafʁiˈkaːnɐ/
• Hyphenation: Afri‧ka‧ner

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1. 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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• Afrika
• afrikanisch
• Schwarzafrikaner
• Weißafrikaner

• “Afrikaner” in Duden online
• “Afrikaner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache