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)

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

See also

Südafrika

Further reading

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

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