Word "flag" in Afrikaans

Last modified: 2017-12-23 by antónio martins
Keywords: vlag | vaandel | banier | standaard | geus | wimpel |
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vlag

• Overview
• Word " vlag "
• Word " vlaggie "
• Word " vlae "
• Word " vaandel "
• Word " vaandeltjie "
• Word " vaandels "
• Word " banier "
• Word " baniertjie "
• Word " baniere "
• Word " standaard "
• Word " standaarde "
• Word " geus "
• Word " wimpel "
• Word " wimpels "

• Genetic affiliation: > Borean > Nostratic > Eurasiatic-Amerind > Eurasiatic > Indo-Uralic > Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic > Low Saxon - Low Franconian > Low Franconian
• External links:
  • About Afrikaans (afr) in the ISO 639-3 website
  • About Afrikaans (afr) in Ethnologue.com

• Word "flag" in different languages:
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    • etymological index
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Overview

All the words in Afrikaans to do with flags are descended from 17th Century Dutch (which does not seem to be much different from modern Dutch as far as flags are concerned).
Andries Burgers, 25 Oct 2007

There’s also word "vaan" (from germanic etym meaning "flag"), but usually only as in "windvaan": "vane" or "windvane".
Andries Burgers, 25 Oct 2007

Word " vlag "

Word:

vlag

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*flag

Meaning:

flag

Identicals:

3 other wordforms

External links:

• Afrikaans Wikipedia article about vlag
• English Wikitionary entry about vlag

Found an Afrikaans dictionary online: flag = vlag
Steve Shumaker, 15 Aug 2007

"Vlag" (pl. "vlae"; dim. "vlaggie") means "flag", generic term for any piece of cloth flying in the wind.
Andries Burgers, 25 Oct 2007

Word " vlaggie "

Word:

vlaggie

Script:

Latin

Variant:

diminutive/hypochoristic of "vlag"

Word " vlae "

Word:

vlae

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "vlag"

Word " vaandel "

Word:

vaandel

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*fan-

Meaning:

ensign

Identicals:

1 other wordform

"Vaandel" (pl. "vaandels"; dim. "vaandeltjie") means "ensign". In South Africa, vaandels are worn only by naval vessels and flown by all the armed services of the state including the SA Police Service.
Andries Burgers, 25 Oct 2007

Word " vaandeltjie "

Word:

vaandeltjie

Script:

Latin

Variant:

diminutive/hypochoristic of "vaandel"

Word " vaandels "

Word:

vaandels

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "vaandel"

Word " banier "

Word:

banier

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*band-

Meaning:

banner

Identicals:

1 other wordform

"Banier" (pl. "baniere"; dim. "baniertjie") means "banner" (in South Africa mainly these days associated with advertising banners).
Andries Burgers, 25 Oct 2007

Word " baniertjie "

Word:

baniertjie

Script:

Latin

Variant:

diminutive/hypochoristic of "banier"

Word " baniere "

Word:

baniere

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "banier"

Identicals:

1 other wordform

Word " standaard "

Word:

standaard

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*stand-

Meaning:

standard

"Standaard" (pl. "standaarde"; dim. not used) means "standard". No official standaarde in use South Africa, currently — the previous government used a presidential standard for the president but this was not adopted by the present government.
Andries Burgers, 25 Oct 2007

Word " standaarde "

Word:

standaarde

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "standaard"

Word " geus "

Word:

geus

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*geus

Meaning:

jack

Identicals:

1 other wordform

"Geus" (no pl.; dim. not used) means "jack".
Andries Burgers, 25 Oct 2007

Word " wimpel "

Word:

wimpel

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*vimpl-

Meaning:

pennant

Identicals:

3 other wordforms

"Wimpel" (pl. wimpels; dim. not used) means "pennant".
Andries Burgers, 25 Oct 2007

Word " wimpels "

Word:

wimpels

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "wimpel"

Identicals:

1 other wordform

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