Afrikaans adj 1: belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language; "an Afrikaans couple"; "Afrikaner support" [syn: {Afrikaans}, {Afrikaner}] n 1: an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish [syn: {Afrikaans}, {Taal}, {South African Dutch}]