Windhoek

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans/Dutch Windhoek, from wind (“wind”) +‎ hoek (“corner, angle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪndhʊk/, /ˈvɪndhʊk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪndhʊk/

Proper noun

Windhoek

1. A city, the capital city of Namibia.

Translations

capital of Namibia

• Afrikaans: Windhoek
• Arabic: وِينْدْهُوك m (windhūk)
• Armenian: Վինդհուկ (Vindhuk)
• Azerbaijani: Vindhuk
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溫得和克 / 温得和克 (zh) (Wēndéhékè)

• Czech: Windhoek (cs) m
• Danish: Windhoek n
• Dutch: Windhoek (nl) n
• Finnish: Windhoek (fi)
• French: Windhoek (fr) f
• Galician: Windhoek (gl) f
• German: Windhuk (de) n, Windhoek (de) n
• Greek: Βίντχουκ n (Víntchouk)
• Herero: Otjomuise
• Hungarian: Windhoek (hu)
• Japanese: ウィントフック (ja) (Wintofukku), ヴィントフック (Vintofukku)
• Kabiyé: ^{(please verify)} Findɔkɩ
• Khmer: ^{(please verify)} វីនដុក (km) (viindok)
• Khoekhoe: ǀAiǁGams
• Korean: (South Korea) 빈트후크 (Binteuhukeu), (North Korea) 윈드후크 (ko) (Windeuhukeu)
• Polish: Windhuk (pl) n
• Portuguese: Windhoek (pt) f
• Romanian: Windhoek (ro) n
• Russian: Ви́ндхук (ru) m (Víndxuk)
• Spanish: Vinjuc f, Windhoek (es) f
• Swahili: Windhoek
• Swedish: Windhoek (sv) n
• Ukrainian: Ві́ндгук m (Víndhuk)
• Vietnamese: Vin-hớc
• West Frisian: Wynhoeke

Afrikaans

Etymology

From wind (“wind”) +‎ hoek (“corner, angle”).

Proper noun

Windhoek

1. Windhoek (a city, the capital city of Namibia)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪndɦuk]

Proper noun

Windhoek m inan (related adjective windhoecký)

1. Windhoek (a city, the capital city of Namibia)

Declension

Declension of Windhoek (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Windhoek
genitive	Windhoeku
dative	Windhoeku
accusative	Windhoek
vocative	Windhoeku
locative	Windhoeku
instrumental	Windhoekem

Further reading

• “Windhoek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

Etymology

From wind (“wind”) +‎ hoek (“corner, angle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋɪnt.ɦuk]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Windhoek n

1. Windhoek (a city, the capital city of Namibia)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans and Dutch Windhoek, from wind (“wind”) +‎ hoek (“corner, angle”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩd.ʁuk/ [ˈvĩd.huk]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩd.ʁuk/ [ˈvĩd.huk]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩd.ʁuk/ [ˈvĩd.χuk]

Proper noun

Windhoek

1. Windhoek (a city, the capital city of Namibia)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvindɦuk]

Proper noun

Windhoek m inan (genitive singular Windhoeku)

1. Windhoek (the capital of Namibia)

References

• “Windhoek”, 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, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbinduk/ [ˈbĩn̪.d̪uk]
• Rhymes: -induk

Proper noun

Windhoek f

1. Windhoek (a city, the capital city of Namibia)

Derived terms

• windhoekense (informal demonym)