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

Related terms

• Afrikan

Anagrams

• kaafir

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Afrika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfɾikä/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (a continent)

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

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Afrika

Wikipedia ^cs

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 (a continent)

   Severní Afrika ― North Africa

Declension

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

Declension of Afrika (sg-only hard feminine)

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 (a continent)

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 (a continent)

   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

Gagauz Wikipedia has an article on:

Afrika

Wikipedia ^gag

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (a continent)

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 (a continent)

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

 Afrika on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒfrikɒ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica)

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 (a continent)

See also

continents: kontinentiedit

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

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

Afrika

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From Dutch Afrika.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (a continent)

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

Kashubian Wikipedia has an article on:

Afrika

Wikipedia ^csb

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Afryka.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Afrika f

1. 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

1. Africa (a continent)

Declension

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

    Declension of Afrika

Related terms

• afrikietis m, afrikietė f

See also

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈafrʲika/

Proper noun

Afrika f

1. Africa (a continent)

Declension

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

Declension of Afrika

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

Luxembourgish Wikipedia has an article on:

Afrika

Wikipedia ^lb

Proper noun

Afrika n

1. Africa (a continent)

Malay

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 (a continent)

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 (a continent)

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

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

Afrika

Wikipedia ^nb

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (a continent)

Derived terms

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Afrika

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (a continent)

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 (a continent)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Àfrika f (Cyrillic spelling А̀фрика)

1. Africa (a continent)

Declension

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

Declension of Afrika

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 (a continent)

Declension

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

Declension of Afrika

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 (a continent)

Inflection

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

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Afrika

Wikipedia ^sw

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 (a continent)

Derived terms

• Mwafrika

See also

continents: mabaraedit

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

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Afrika

Wikipedia ^sv

Proper noun

Afrika n (genitive Afrikas)

1. Africa (a continent)

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 (a continent)

Tsonga

Noun

Afrika

1. Africa (a continent)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آفریقه.

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (a continent)

Turkmen

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Afrika

1. 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

1. Africa (a continent)

Declension

	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

Declension of Afrika (feminine velar stem)

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 (a continent)

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”).