Afrikaner

afrikaner afrikáner English Alternative forms en Africander archaic Etymology en :bor af:Afrikaner + 1 Pronunciation en /ˌæfɹɪˈkɑːnɚ/ en En-us-Afrikaner.oga Audio (US) Noun A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language. en Peter Smith Episcopal Church says it won’t help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status in US w:Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-refugees-white-afrikaners-us-trump-52024f6d86fca76cfe7460a9f9bc6110 2025-05-12 “Despite the Administration’s actions, CWS remains committed to serving all eligible refugee populations seeking safety in the United States, including Afrikaners who are eligible for services,” he said. “Our faith compels us to serve each person in our care with dignity and compassion.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250716031021/https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-refugees-white-afrikaners-us-trump-52024f6d86fca76cfe7460a9f9bc6110 en Jennifer Hansler White South Africans granted refugee status by Trump administration arrive in US w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/12/politics/white-south-africans-refugee-status-arrive-us 2025-05-12 In February, Trump suspended aid to South Africa, alleging discrimination against White farmers. In that same executive order, the president said the US would “promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250716074008/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/12/politics/white-south-africans-refugee-status-arrive-us en The World Must Know https://afriforum.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/The-world-must-know-November-2025.pdf 2025-11 4, 5 w:AfriForum There is a strong argument to be made that this framing targets specifically Afrikaners as a distinct cultural community, as they attach particular weight to this date in their historical and cultural identity. In August 2025, during a media conference at Luthuli House in Johannesburg on the outcomes of the ANC’s recent National Executive Committee meeting, Fikile Mbalula, Secretary General of the ANC, lashed out at white South Africans and Afrikaner refugees to the US. https://web.archive.org/web/20251208231340/https://afriforum.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/The-world-must-know-November-2025.pdf A breed of cattle; Afrikander. Derived terms en Afrikanerdom Afrikanerism Afrikanerness Translations member of ethnic group Boer Afrikaans: af Afrikaner Arabic: ar أَفْرِيكَانِيّ m, ar أَفْرِيكَانِيَّة f Basque: eu afrikaner Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 阿非利卡人 Āfēilìkǎ rén Czech: cs Afrikánec m Danish: da afrikaner Dutch: nl Afrikaner m Finnish: fi afrikaaneri French: fr Afrikaner m f German: rare de Afrikaander m, de Bure m, de Kapholländer m Irish: ga Afracánach m Italian: it afrikander m f Japanese: ja アフリカーナー Afurikānā Khmer: km ជនជាតិអាភ្វ្រិក chɔɔn chiet aafrik Korean: ko ^아프리카너 Latvian: lv afrikands m, lv afrikandiete f Northern Sotho: nso Leburu Norwegian: Bokmål: nb afrikander m Nynorsk: nn afrikandar m Polish: pl Afrykaner m, pl Afrykanerka f Portuguese: pt africânder m f Russian: ru африка́нер m afrikánɛr, ru африка́ндер m afrikándɛr Shona: sn Bhunu Slovak: sk Afrikánec m Sotho: st Leburu Spanish: es afrikáner m Swahili: sw Kaburu Swedish: sv afrikand c Tswana: tn Leburu Welsh: cy Affricaner m f Xhosa: xh iBhulu c5/6 Zulu: zu iBhunu breed of cattle Afrikander See also en Boer en Cattle South Africa Afrikaans Etymology From af nl Afrikaan + af -er. Pronunciation af /afriˈkɑːnər/ af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Afrikaner.wav Noun Afrikaners en Afrikaner af Boer colloquial or historical af Afrikanerbees (en zebu) Alternative forms af Afrikaander Descendants en Afrikaner 1 pt africâner 1 See also af Afrikaan African af Afrikaanssprekende Afrikaans speaker af South Africa Dutch Alternative forms nl Afrikaander dated historical Etymology From nl Afrikaan er. First attested in the 17th century. The sense “Afrikaner” is borrowed from Afrikaans. Pronunciation nl /aːfriˈkaːnər/ nl Nl-Afrikaner.ogg nl Afri ka ner nl aːnər Noun m -s + en Afrikaner from late 19th c. nl archaic African 17th 19th c. nl Afrikaan nl archaic Africanus 17th 19th c. Derived terms nl Afrikaanderwijk German Alternative forms de Africaner archaic Etymology Possibly from de la āfricānus + de -er instead of -us Pronunciation de /ʔafʁiˈkaːnɐ/ de De-Afrikaner.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-at-Afrikaner.ogg Austria de Afri ka ner Noun m in African (person) de 1996 Sonja Fuchs Die haitianischen Tiersprichwörter und ihre Herkunft Kreolische Bibliothek Band 17 Helmut Buske Verlag Hamburg 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. Declension m Hyponyms de Nordafrikaner, de Südafrikaner de Westafrikaner, de Ostafrikaner de Schwarzafrikaner, de Weißafrikaner Coordinate terms de Amerikaner, de Asiate, de Australier, de Europäer Related terms de Afrika, de afrikanisch de Hannoveraner, de Indianer Further reading de Demonyms