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English
Proper noun
Afrika
( African-American Vernacular , uncommon ) Alternative spelling of Africa
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch Afrika .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrika
Africa (a continent)
See also
Albanian
Proper noun
Afrika
definite nominative singular of Afrikë
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Africa .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) :
Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka
Proper noun
Afrika f (relational adjective africký , demonym Afričan , female demonym Afričanka )
Africa (a continent)
Severní Afrika ― North Africa
Declension
Declension of Afrika (sg-only hard feminine )
See also
Further reading
“Afrika ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“Afrika ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“Afrika ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Danish
Proper noun
Afrika c
Africa (a continent)
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Āfrica , from Āfer .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈaː.fri.kaː/
Hyphenation: Afri‧ka
Proper noun
Afrika n (adjective Afrikaans , demonym Afrikaan m or Afrikaanse f )
Africa (a continent)
Meronyms: Centraal-Afrika , Equatoriaal-Afrika , Midden-Afrika , Noord-Afrika , Oost-Afrika , West-Afrika , Zuid-Afrika , Zuidwest-Afrika
Derived terms
Descendants
Gagauz
Proper noun
Afrika
Africa (a continent)
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrika n (proper noun , genitive Afrikas or ( optionally with an article ) Afrika )
Africa (a continent)
Coordinate terms
(continents ) Erdteil , Kontinent ; Afrika , Amerika (Nordamerika , Südamerika ), Antarktika , Asien , Europa , Ozeanien (Category: de:Continents )
Derived terms
Further reading
“Afrika ” in Duden online
“Afrika ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrika
Africa (a continent)
Declension
Derived terms
( Compound words ) :
See also
Ido
Proper noun
Afrika
Africa (a continent)
See also
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch Afrika .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrika
Africa (a continent)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish Afryka .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /aˈfri.ka/
Rhymes: -ika
Syllabification: A‧fri‧ka
Proper noun
Afrika f
Africa (a continent)
Further reading
Sychta, Bernard (1967 ) “Afrika”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects ] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 2
Jan Trepczyk (1994 ) “Afryka”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011 ) “Afryka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
“Afrika ”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language ], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Lithuanian
Proper noun
Afrika f
Africa (a continent)
Declension
See also
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Āfrica .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrika f
Africa (a continent)
Declension
Further reading
Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928 ) “Afrika ”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН , ČAVU ; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
Starosta, Manfred (1999 ) “Afrika ”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Luxembourgish
Proper noun
Afrika n
Africa (a continent)
Malay
Afrika
Etymology
Borrowed from English Africa or Dutch Afrika , from Latin Āfrica .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrika (Jawi spelling افريکا )
Africa (a continent)
See also
Further reading
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Africa .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
L-Afrika f
Africa (a continent)
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Afrika
Proper noun
Afrika
Africa (a continent)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Afrika
Africa (a continent)
Derived terms
See also
(continents ) verdsdelar ; Afrika , Amerika , Antarktis , Asia , Europa , Nord-Amerika , Oseania , Sør-Amerika /Sud-Amerika (Category: nn:Continents )
Plautdietsch
Proper noun
Afrika f
Africa (a continent)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Āfrica .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ǎfrika/
Hyphenation: A‧fri‧ka
Proper noun
Àfrika f (Cyrillic spelling А̀фрика )
Africa (a continent)
Declension
References
“Afrika ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Āfrica .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrika f (genitive singular Afriky , declension pattern of žena )
Africa (a continent)
Declension
Derived terms
References
“Afrika ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2003–2025
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ȃfrika f
Africa (a continent)
Inflection
Feminine, a-stem
nominative
Áfrika
genitive
Áfrike
singular
nominative(imenovȃlnik)
Áfrika
genitive(rodȋlnik)
Áfrike
dative(dajȃlnik)
Áfriki
accusative(tožȋlnik)
Áfriko
locative(mẹ̑stnik)
Áfriki
instrumental(orọ̑dnik)
Áfriko
Swahili
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Africa , either by way of German Afrika or English Africa .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrika
Africa (a continent)
Derived terms
See also
(continents ) mabara ; Afrika ( “ Africa ” ) , Amerika ( “ America ” ) , Antaktika ( “ Antarctica ” ) or Antaktiki , Asia ( “ Asia ” ) , Ulaya ( “ Europe ” ) or Uropa , Amerika ya Kaskazini ( “ North America ” ) , Australia ( “ Oceania ” ) , Amerika ya Kusini ( “ South America ” ) (Category: sw:Continents ) [edit ]
Swedish
Proper noun
Afrika n (genitive Afrikas )
Africa (a continent)
References
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English Africa .
Proper noun
Afrika
Africa (a continent)
Tsonga
Noun
Afrika
Africa (a continent)
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آفریقه .
Proper noun
Afrika
Africa (a continent)
Turkmen
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian А́фрика ( Áfrika ) , from Latin Āfrica .
Proper noun
Afrika
Africa (a continent)
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Āfrica .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈafʀika/
Rhymes: -afʀika
Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka
Syllabification: Af‧ri‧ka
Proper noun
Afrika f
Africa (a continent)
Declension
Declension of Afrika (feminine velar stem )
Derived terms
( adjectives ):
( nouns ):
( proper nouns ):
References
Uzbek
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Afrika
Africa (a continent)
Declension
Possessive forms of Afrika
Yoruba
Etymology
English Africa
Proper noun
Áfríkà
Archaic spelling of Afíríkà ( “ Africa ” ) .