Ostafrika

German

Etymology

From Ost (“east”) +‎ Afrika (“Africa”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɔstˈʔaːfʁika/, /ˌɔstˈʔafʁika/

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Proper noun

Ostafrika n (proper noun, genitive Ostafrikas or (optionally with an article) Ostafrika)

1. East Africa

Declension

Declension of Ostafrika [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Ostafrika
genitive	des	Ostafrikas, Ostafrika1
dative	dem	Ostafrika
accusative	das	Ostafrika

¹Optionally with an article.

Coordinate terms

• Nordafrika
• Südliches Afrika
• Westafrika
• Zentralafrika

Derived terms

• ostafrikanisch
• Ostafrikaner

See also

• Südafrika

Further reading

• “Ostafrika” in Duden online
• “Ostafrika” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Ostafrika on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de