Nordafrika

German

Etymology

From Nord (“north”) +‎ Afrika (“Africa”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɔʁtˈʔaːfʁika/, /ˌnɔʁtˈʔafʁika/

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Proper noun

Nordafrika n (proper noun, genitive Nordafrikas or (optionally with an article) Nordafrika)

1. North Africa (a geographic region comprising the northern part of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue)

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Nordafrika
genitive	des	Nordafrikas, Nordafrika1
dative	dem	Nordafrika
accusative	das	Nordafrika

¹Optionally with an article.

Coordinate terms

• Südliches Afrika
• Ostafrika
• Westafrika
• Zentralafrika

Derived terms

• nordafrikanisch
• nordafrikaner

See also

• Südafrika

Further reading

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

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Nordafrika

Wikipedia ^sv

Proper noun

Nordafrika n (genitive Nordafrikas)

1. North Africa (a geographic region comprising the northern part of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue)

Coordinate terms

• Södra Afrika
• Östafrika
• Västafrika
• Centralafrika