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Definitions: Afrikaner |
AfrikanerAdjective1. Belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language; "an Afrikaans couple"; "Afrikaner support". Noun1. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: AfrikanerSynonyms: Afrikaans (adj), Afrikander (n), Boer (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Afrikaners (widely known until the 20th century as Boers from the Dutch boeren: "farmers") are descended mostly from white Calvinist settlers who occupied the Cape of Good Hope during the period of administration (1652-1795) by the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) and the subsequent period of British rule.
In the 1830s and 1840s an estimated 12,000 Boer pioneers (Voortrekkers) penetrated the future Natal, Orange Free State and Transvaal provinces in order to put themselves beyond the reach of British authority, because they did not agree with the British restrictions on slavery. During this so-called great trek they fought with the Zulus, who at the time were attempting to conquer the very same areas the Boers were trekking into.
The Boers established independent states in what is now South Africa, Transvaal (the South African Republic) and the Orange Free State. The English wish to extend their colonial empire to the Boer areas led to the two Boer Wars of 1880-1881 and 1899-1902, which ended with the inclusion of the Boer areas in the British colonies. Following the British annexation of the Boer republics, the creation of the Union of South Africa (1910) went some way towards blurring the division between British settler and Afrikaner, though the black majority was excluded from equal participation in the affairs of the country until the ending in the early 1990s of the Afrikaner political leadership's policy of apartheid ("separateness" of black and white).
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Crosswords: Afrikaner |
| Non-English Usage: "Afrikaner" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (Afrikaans, Afrikander, Afrikaner, Boer), Danish (African), Dutch (Afrikander, Afrikaner), German (African), Norwegian (African). |
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Economic History | South Africa | Collectively, they form the Afrikaner segment of today's population. (references) |
South Africa | Beginning in 1836, partly to escape British rule and cultural hegemony and partly out of resentment at the recent abolition of slavery, many Afrikaner farmers (Boers) undertook a northern migration that became known as the "Great Trek." This movement brought them into contact and conflict with African groups in the area, the most formidable of which were the Zulus. (references) | |
Political Rights | South Africa | In 2000 the DP and NNP, along with the FA, formed the DA; however, in October the NNP threatened to leave the DA. The National Assembly also includes the UDM, the African Christian Democratic Party, the Pan-Africanist Congress, the United Christian Democratic Party, the Freedom Front, the Afrikaner Unity Movement, the AZAPO, and the Minority Front. (references) |
Travel | South Africa | There is some language sensitivity in South Africa, particularly among the Afrikaner population; consequently, many firms print much of their literature, including annual statements, in both languages. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Afrikaner" is generally used as an adjective (comparative) -- approximately 39.29% of the time. "Afrikaner" is used about 56 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (comparative) | 39.29% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Noun (proper) | 30.36% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (singular) | 30.36% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Total | 100.00% | 56 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Afrikaner": Afrikaner-volksunie. | |
Ending with "Afrikaner": pro-afrikaner. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
afrikaner | 30 |
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| Language | Translations for "Afrikaner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | Boer (Afrikaans, Afrikander, agrarian, Boer, farmer), Afrikaner (Afrikaans, Afrikander, Boer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Afrikander (Boer), Boer (Boer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Boer (Afrikander, agrarian, Boer, countryman, farmer, jack, page, peasant, rancher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | afrikanso (Afrikander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Afrikander, Boer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bure (Afrikaans, Boer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | アパレルç"£æ¥ (ability, ability Olympics, affair, Afghan, aphorism, apparel business, appeal, appearance money, habitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | アフカーナ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | afrikaneray bôer (Boer). (various references) africánder. (various references) afrikand. (various references) güney afrika'da doğan avrupalı (afrikander). (various references) бур (bit, boer, borer, trepan). (various references) iliBhunu (Afrikaans, Boer), iBhunu (Afrikaans, Boer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Afrikaner" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: africander, Fairmainer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-i-k-n-r-r" | |
-2 letters: airfare, franker, refrain. | |
-3 letters: fainer, fairer, farina, fraena, infare, kerria, knifer, ranker. | |
-4 letters: afire, airer, anear, arena, faena, faker, fakir, farer, feria, finer, firer, frank, freak, frena, friar, frier, infer, infra, inker, kafir, kefir, kenaf, knife, naira, raker, reink, reran, rifer. | |
-5 letters: afar, airn, akin, arak, area, aria, earn, fain, fair, fake, fane, fare, fear, fern, fiar, fine, fink, fire, firn, frae, kaif, kain, kana, kane, karn, keir, kerf, kern, kief, kier, kina, kine, kirn, knar, naif, nark, near, neif, raia, rain, rake, raki, rani, rank, rare, rear, reif, rein, rife, rink. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 66 72 69 6B 61 6E 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ..-. .-. .. -.- .- -. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100110 01110010 01101001 01101011 01100001 01101110 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A f r i k a n e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0066 0072 0069 006B 0061 006E 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357284757767807184 |
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