The Dutch word 'boer' means 'farmer' in English.
the name for the dutch farmers was Boers
The Boers were the original Dutch settlers in South Africa. They have now become Afrikaaners and many are still in South Africa.
Boers originally spoke 'old Dutch' , now modified with the addition of many new words to 'Afrikaans'.I once spoke Afrikaans to a Dutch policeman who retorted that I spoke like his grandfather !
They were known as, 'Boers'.
There is a flaw in the question, because the Afrikaners did not have Dutch male progenitors only, but actually even more from the Lowlands in Northern Germany, as well as a number of French Huguenots. Most came to the Cape to work for the Dutch East Indian Company that had a "halfway house" there, to call it such, for ships sailing between the Netherlands and "India" (or the East). Many of the Europeans decided to stay on as farmers -- and their descendants eventually became what is still known today as Afrikaners. Because the everyday languages of the Dutch and the people of the German Lowlands were virtually the same (with only dialectical differences) the Dutch and Germans had little difficulty in understanding each other and the vernacular merged into what is called Afrikaans. The French spoken by the smaller number of French quickly died out.
Yes, the boers were of Dutch ancestry.
The Dutch settlers called themselves Voortrekkers
The Boers were descendants from early Dutch settlers in what is now South Africa.
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South Africans descended from Dutch settlers are known as Boers.
Yes, it is true that the Dutch settlers were called Boers. This means 'farmer' which is basically correct.
No the Dutch were known as boers
Boers were Dutch settlers and the fought the Zulus whoes land they were entering
the name for the dutch farmers was Boers
Boers were Dutch settlers and the fought the Zulus whoes land they were entering
In the Boer Wars the British fought against the Boers, who were descended mainly from Dutch settlers and also from some French and German Protestants.