The world

Afrika

Africa (a continent)

is

• Verb

  third-person singular present indicative of zijn; is, equals

• Adv

de

• Article

  the (definite article, masculine and feminine singular, plural)

• Prep

bakermat

1. cradle
2. place of origin, cradle

van

• Prep

  1. of (possession, property)
  2. of (general association)
  3. by, of (creator)
  4. from (origin)
  5. from (starting point of a movement or change)
  6. from (starting point in time)
  7. from, off (removal of something from off something else)
  8. of, out of, from, with (cause)
  9. of, out of, with (material or resource)
  10. of, out of, among (out of a larger whole; partitive)
  11. from, was, formerly (indicating a change in price)
  12. (colloquial) like (quotative (used to introduce direct speech))

• Adv
• Noun

onze

1. inflected form of ons
2. non-attributive form of ons (English: ours)

beschaving

1. civilization (organised culture encompassing many communities)
2. civilization (society, as opposed to wild nature)