Continent
See also: continent and continnent
English
Proper noun
the Continent
- (obsolete) The Old World.
- 1652, Peter Heylin, Cosmographie:
- the whole Continent of Europe, Asia, Africa.
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- Synonym of Europe (including Britain)
- (UK) Mainland Europe, as seen from the British Isles.
Derived terms
- Continental
- Continong
Noun
Continent (plural Continents)
- An Encratite.
Further reading
The Continent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
Noun
Continent m (strong, genitive Continentes or Continents, plural Continente)
- Obsolete spelling of Kontinent which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
- 1854, Theodor Mommsen, Römische Geschichte, volume 1, Leipzig, page 4:
- Unsere Aufgabe ist die Darstellung des letzten Acts jenes grossen weltgeschichtlichen Schauspiels, die alte Geschichte der westlicheren unter den beiden Halbinseln, die vom nördlichen Continent aus sich in das Mittelmeer erstrecken.
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Declension
Declension of Continent [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Continent | die | Continente |
genitive | eines | des | Continentes, Continents | der | Continente |
dative | einem | dem | Continent, Continente1 | den | Continenten |
accusative | einen | den | Continent | die | Continente |
1Now uncommon, see notes.