Free Afrikaans–English dictionary
Free · Open · FreeDict GPL-2.0 + Wiktionary CC BY-SA · no account needed
- Entries
- 15,686
- Senses
- 21,023
- Format
- SQLite
- License
- Open source
What you get.
- 15,686 Afrikaans headwords with 21,023 English senses, in a single SQLite file.
- Assembled and de-duplicated from open sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), FreeDict afr-eng, morphological roots, and public-domain dictionary text.
- The same dictionary Lector uses for instant, offline word lookups while you read.
- Query it with any SQLite client, or read it from code (Python's sqlite3, better-sqlite3, and friends).
From download to first review.
Download the database
Grab dictionary-af.db from the GitHub release below (about 3 MB). It's a standard SQLite file.
Open or query it
Open it in a SQLite browser, or read it from code. Inspect the tables to see the entry and sense schema.
Keep the attribution
It bundles FreeDict afr-eng (GPL-2.0) and Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA), so preserve the attribution and COPYING from the release if you redistribute it.
Turn a word list into fluency.
Good to know.
Yes — it's built entirely from open sources and free to download and use. It includes FreeDict afr-eng (GPL-2.0) and Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA), so if you redistribute it, keep the attribution and COPYING noted on the GitHub release.
A single SQLite database (dictionary-af.db, about 3 MB) with 15,686 entries and 21,023 senses. Open it with any SQLite client, or read it from code.
It's assembled from Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), FreeDict's afr-eng dictionary, morphological roots, and public-domain dictionary text — de-duplicated into one lookup database. Full provenance and licensing are on the GitHub release.
Yes. Coverage will expand as more public-domain source material is digitised. The download always points at the current release.
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