how to pronounce afrikaner

/ʔafʁiˈkaːnɐ/

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afrikaner is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of afrikaner in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… sie haben angefangen junge afrikaner als …”

meanings of afrikaner

noun:

African.

afrikaner frequency in german - C2 level of CEFR

the word afrikaner occurs in german on average 3.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.