Word "flag" in Afrikaans

Last modified: 2007-10-27 by antónio martins
Keywords: vlag | vlaggie | vlae | vaandel | vaandeltjie | vaandels | banier | baniertjie | baniere | standaard | standaarde | geus | wimpel | wimpels |
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• 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 "

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• About Afrikaans (afr) in the ISO 639-3 website

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

Remarks:

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 of "vlag"

Word " vlae "

Word:

vlae

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "vlag"

Word " vaandel " (="ensign")

Word:

vaandel

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*fan-

Meaning:

ensign

"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 of "vaandel"

Word " vaandels "

Word:

vaandels

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "vaandel"

Word " banier " (="banner")

Word:

banier

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*band-

Meaning:

banner

"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 of "banier"

Word " baniere "

Word:

baniere

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "banier"

Word " standaard " (="standard")

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 " (="jack")

Word:

geus

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

(uniques)

Meaning:

jack

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

Word " wimpel " (="pennant")

Word:

wimpel

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*vimpl-

Meaning:

pennant

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

Word " wimpels "

Word:

wimpels

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "wimpel"

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