afrikanische

/[afʁiˈkaːnɪʃə]/ adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,216

in German word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

afrikanische is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch Pronounced [afʁiˈkaːnɪʃə]. Often confused with amerikanische and afrikanischen.

Key facts for afrikanische
PropertyValue
Headwordafrikanische
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[afʁiˈkaːnɪʃə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#10,216
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of afrikanische in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for afrikanische is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [afʁiˈkaːnɪʃə]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,216 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for afrikanische, with forms such as "affrikanische", "afirkanische", and "afriaknische". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "amerikanische", "afrikanischen", "afrikanischer", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is afrikanische, spelled A-F-R-I-K-A-N-I-S-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: affrikanische,afirkanische,afriaknische,afrikainsche,afrikanicshe,afrikaniscche,afrikanisceh,afrikanischhe,afrikanishce,afrikanissche,afrikannische,afrikansiche,afrikkanische,afriknaische,afrkianische,afrrikanische,arfikanische,farikanische

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for afrikanische

Misspelling Variants of "afrikanische"

affrikanische13afirkanische12afriaknische12afrikainsche12afrikanicshe12afrikaniscche13afrikanisceh12afrikanischhe13
Misspelling Variants of "afrikanische"

Frequency rank: #10,216 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "afrikanische"?
"afrikanische" is spelled A-F-R-I-K-A-N-I-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [afʁiˈkaːnɪʃə].
What does "afrikanische" mean?
As an adj, "afrikanische" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch
What words are commonly confused with "afrikanische"?
"afrikanische" is commonly confused with "amerikanische", "afrikanischen", "afrikanischer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "afrikanische"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afrikanische" is [afʁiˈkaːnɪʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afrikanische" come from?
"afrikanische" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.