afhanklik

Afhanklik is an Afrikaans adjective meaning dependent or reliant, describing someone or something that requires support or external input to function. It is used for people, organizations, economies, and systems that are not self-sustaining and depend on outside resources.

Etymology and cognates: Afhanklik is the Afrikaans form of the Dutch word afhankelijk. Both derive from Germanic roots and convey the sense of dependence rather than autonomy. The related noun is afhanklikheid (dependence or dependency), and the expression afhanklik van means dependent on.

Usage: In Afrikaans, afhanklik is used in everyday speech and formal writing to indicate reliance on services, subsidies, relatives, or external help. In discussions about Afrikaans language and culture, it is often translated as dependent or reliant to capture the nuance of needing support from elsewhere.

Examples: The program is dependent on subsidies. Die program is afhanklik van subsidies. An Afrikaans sentence using the term would illustrate its typical syntactic placement and meaning within a clause.

See also: dependence, dependent, interdependence, afhanklikheid, self-sufficiency.