Afrika

See also: Afríka, Āfrika, Āfrikā, afrika, and Áfrika

Languages (32)

English

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English

Proper noun

Afrika

1. (African-American Vernacular, uncommon) Alternative spelling of Africa: the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

Related terms

• Afrikan

Anagrams

• kaafir

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Afrika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfɾikä/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

See also

continents: kontinenteedit

• Afrika
• Amerika
  • Noord-Amerika
  • Suid-Amerika
• Antarktika
• Asië
• Europa
• Oseanië

Albanian

Proper noun

Afrika

1. definite nominative singular of Afrikë

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Africa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈafrɪka]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka

Proper noun

Afrika f (relational adjective africký, demonym Afričan, female demonym Afričanka)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

   Severní Afrika ― North Africa

2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

Declension

Declension of Afrika (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Afrika
genitive	Afriky
dative	Africe
accusative	Afriku
vocative	Afriko
locative	Africe
instrumental	Afrikou

See also

continents: světadílyedit

• Afrika
• Amerika
  • Jižní Amerika
  • Severní Amerika
• Antarktida
• Asie
• Austrálie
• Evropa
• Oceánie

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

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Āfrica, from Āfer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.fri.kaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Afri‧ka

Proper noun

Afrika n (adjective Afrikaans, demonym Afrikaan m or Afrikaanse f)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

   Meronyms: Centraal-Afrika, Equatoriaal-Afrika, Midden-Afrika, Noord-Afrika, Oost-Afrika, West-Afrika, Zuid-Afrika, Zuidwest-Afrika

Derived terms

• Afrikaan
• afrikaniseren
• Centraal-Afrika
• Equatoriaal-Afrika
• Hoorn van Afrika
• Midden-Afrika
• Moffrika
• Noord-Afrika
• Oost-Afrika
• West-Afrika
• Zuid-Afrika
• Zuidwest-Afrika
• Zwart Afrika

Descendants

• → Indonesian: Afrika
• Petjo: aprik

Gagauz

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

German

Alternative forms

• Africa (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa(ː)fʁika/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio:

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Proper noun

Afrika n (proper noun, genitive Afrikas or (optionally with an article) Afrika)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Coordinate terms

continents: Erdteile, Kontinenteedit

• Afrika
• Amerika
  • Nordamerika
  • Südamerika
• Antarktika
• Asien
• Europa
• Ozeanien

Derived terms

• Afrikaner
• afrikanisch
• afrikanisieren
• Afrikanisierung
• Nordafrika
• Ostafrika
• Schwarzafrika
• Südafrika
• Westafrika
• Zentralafrika

Further reading

• “Afrika” in Duden online
• “Afrika” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒfrikɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Afrika	—
accusative	Afrikát	—
dative	Afrikának	—
instrumental	Afrikával	—
causal-final	Afrikáért	—
translative	Afrikává	—
terminative	Afrikáig	—
essive-formal	Afrikaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Afrikában	—
superessive	Afrikán	—
adessive	Afrikánál	—
illative	Afrikába	—
sublative	Afrikára	—
allative	Afrikához	—
elative	Afrikából	—
delative	Afrikáról	—
ablative	Afrikától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Afrikáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Afrikáéi	—

Possessive forms of Afrika

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Afrikám	—
2nd person sing.	Afrikád	—
3rd person sing.	Afrikája	—
1st person plural	Afrikánk	—
2nd person plural	Afrikátok	—
3rd person plural	Afrikájuk	—

Derived terms

• afrikai

Compound words

• Afrika-kutató
• Dél-Afrika
• Észak-Afrika
• Kelet-Afrika
• Közép-Afrika
• Nyugat-Afrika

See also

continents: kontinensek, földrészekedit

• Afrika
• Amerika
  • Dél-Amerika
  • Észak-Amerika
• Antarktisz (more common; loosely speaking), Antarktika (technical term)
• Ázsia
• Európa
• Óceánia

Ido

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

See also

continents: kontinentiedit

• Afrika
• Amerika
  • Nord-Amerika
  • Sud-Amerika
• Antarktika
• Australia
• Azia
• Europa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch Afrika.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /afˈrika/ [afˈri.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: Af‧ri‧ka

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

Derived terms

• Afrika Barat
• Afrika Barat Daya
• Afrika Selatan
• Afrika Timur
• Afrika Utara

See also

continents: benua-benuaedit

• Afrika
• Amerika
  • Amerika Selatan
  • Amerika Utara
• Antarktika
• Asia
• Eropa
• Oseania

Further reading

• “Afrika” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Afryka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfri.ka/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: A‧fri‧ka

Proper noun

Afrika f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

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^[1]
• “Afrika”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Afrika f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

Declension

Declension of Afrika

nominative	Afrika
genitive	Afrikos
dative	Afrikai
accusative	Afriką
instrumental	Afrika
locative	Afrikoje
vocative	Afrika

Related terms

• afrikietis m, afrikietė f

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈafrʲika/

Proper noun

Afrika f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Declension

Declension of Afrika

	singular (uncountable)
Nominative	Afrika
Genitive	Afriki
Dative	Africe
Accusative	Afriku
Instrumental	Afriku
Locative	Africe

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

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Malay

Afrika

Etymology

Borrowed from English Africa or Dutch Afrika, from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [a.fri.ka]
• Rhymes: -ka, -a
• Hyphenation: A‧fri‧ka

Proper noun

Afrika (Jawi spelling افريکا)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

See also

continents: benua-benuaedit

• Afrika
• Amerika
  • Amerika Selatan
  • Amerika Utara
• Antartika
• Asia
• Eropah
• Oceania

Further reading

• “Afrika” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Africa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːf.rɪ.ka/

• Audio (Gozo):

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Proper noun

L-Afrika f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

See also

continents: kontinentiedit

• L-Afrika
• L-Amerika
  • L-Amerika ta’ Fuq
  • L-Amerika Ċentrali
  • L-Amerika t’Isfel
• L-Antartika
• L-Asja
• L-Ewropa
• L-Oċeanja (L-Oċjanja)

Norwegian Bokmål

Afrika

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Derived terms

• afrikansk
• Sør-Afrika
• Vest-Afrika
• Øst-Afrika

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Derived terms

• afrikansk
• Sør-Afrika
• Vest-Afrika

See also

continents: verdsdelaredit

• Afrika
• Amerika
  • Nord-Amerika
  • Sør-Amerika, Sud-Amerika
• Antarktis
• Asia
• Europa
• Oseania

Plautdietsch

Proper noun

Afrika f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎfrika/
• Hyphenation: A‧fri‧ka

Proper noun

Àfrika f (Cyrillic spelling А̀фрика)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

Declension

Declension of Afrika

	singular
nominative	Afrika
genitive	Afrike
dative	Africi
accusative	Afriku
vocative	Afriko
locative	Africi
instrumental	Afrikom

References

• “Afrika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈafrika/

Proper noun

Afrika f (genitive singular Afriky, declension pattern of žena)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Declension

Declension of Afrika

	singulare tantum
nominative	Afrika
genitive	Afriky
dative	Afrike
accusative	Afriku
locative	Afrike
instrumental	Afrikou

Derived terms

• africký
• Afričan m
• Afričanka f

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

• IPA^(key): /áːfrika/

Proper noun

Ȃfrika f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

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

Related terms

• Afričàn / Afričánka
• áfriški

Swahili

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Africa, either by way of German Afrika or English Africa.

Pronunciation

• (Tanzania) IPA^(key): /ɑ.fri.kɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

Derived terms

• Mwafrika

See also

continents: mabaraedit

• Afrika
• Amerika
  • Amerika ya Kaskazini
  • Amerika ya Kusini
• Antaktika ~ Antaktiki
• Asia
• Australia
• Ulaya, Uropa

Swedish

Proper noun

Afrika n (genitive Afrikas)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Related terms

• afrikansk
• afrikanska

References

• Afrika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

• Aprika

Etymology

From English Africa.

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Tsonga

Noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آفریقه.

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin	Afrika‍
Cyrillic	Африка‍
Arabic	آفریقا

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian А́фрика (Áfrika), from Latin Āfrica.

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

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

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Declension

Declension of Afrika (feminine velar stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Afrika	Africe	Afriki
genitive	Afriki	Afrikow	Afrikow
dative	Africe	Afrikomaj	Afrikam
accusative	Afriku	Africe	Afriki
instrumental	Afriku	Afrikomaj	Afrikami
locative	Africe	Afrikomaj	Afrikach
vocative	Afrika	Africe	Afriki

Derived terms

adjectives

• afrikaanski
• afriski

nouns

• Afričan m pers
• Afričanka f
• afrikanistika f
• afrikata f

proper nouns

• Južna Afrika f

References

• “Afrika” in Soblex

Uzbek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afrika/

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Declension

Declension of Afrika

	singular	plural
nominative	Afrika	Afrikalar
genitive	Afrikaning	Afrikalarning
dative	Afrikaga	Afrikalarga
definite accusative	Afrikani	Afrikalarni
locative	Afrikada	Afrikalarda
ablative	Afrikadan	Afrikalardan
similative	Afrikadek	Afrikalardek

Possessive forms of Afrika

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	Afrikam	Afrikalarim
genitive	Afrikamning	Afrikalarimning
dative	Afrikamga	Afrikalarimga
definite accusative	Afrikamni	Afrikalarimni
locative	Afrikamda	Afrikalarimda
ablative	Afrikamdan	Afrikalarimdan
similative	Afrikamdek	Afrikalarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	Afrikang	Afrikalaring
genitive	Afrikangning	Afrikalaringning
dative	Afrikangga	Afrikalaringga
definite accusative	Afrikangni	Afrikalaringni
locative	Afrikangda	Afrikalaringda
ablative	Afrikangdan	Afrikalaringdan
similative	Afrikangdek	Afrikalaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	Afrikasi	Afrikalari
genitive	Afrikasining	Afrikalarining
dative	Afrikasiga	Afrikalariga
definite accusative	Afrikasini	Afrikalarini
locative	Afrikasida	Afrikalarida
ablative	Afrikasidan	Afrikalaridan
similative	Afrikasidek	Afrikalaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	Afrikamiz	Afrikalarimiz
genitive	Afrikamizning	Afrikalarimizning
dative	Afrikamizga	Afrikalarimizga
definite accusative	Afrikamizni	Afrikalarimizni
locative	Afrikamizda	Afrikalarimizda
ablative	Afrikamizdan	Afrikalarimizdan
similative	Afrikamizdek	Afrikalarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	Afrikangiz	Afrikalaringiz
genitive	Afrikangizning	Afrikalaringizning
dative	Afrikangizga	Afrikalaringizga
definite accusative	Afrikangizni	Afrikalaringizni
locative	Afrikangizda	Afrikalaringizda
ablative	Afrikangizdan	Afrikalaringizdan
similative	Afrikangizdek	Afrikalaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	Afrikasi	Afrikalari
genitive	Afrikasining	Afrikalarining
dative	Afrikasiga	Afrikalariga
definite accusative	Afrikasini	Afrikalarini
locative	Afrikasida	Afrikalarida
ablative	Afrikasidan	Afrikalaridan
similative	Afrikasidek	Afrikalaridek

Yoruba

Etymology

English Africa

Proper noun

Áfríkà

1. Archaic spelling of Afíríkà (“Africa”).