Kontinent

See also: kontinent

German

Alternative forms

• Continent

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔntinɛnt/, /kɔntiˈnɛnt/

• Audio:

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Noun

Kontinent m (strong, genitive Kontinentes or Kontinents, plural Kontinente)

1. continent

   Synonyms: Festland, Erdteil

   Europa wird als Kontinent betrachtet.

   Europe is regarded as a continent.

Declension

Declension of Kontinent [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kontinent	die	Kontinente
genitive	eines	des	Kontinentes, Kontinents	der	Kontinente
dative	einem	dem	Kontinent, Kontinente1	den	Kontinenten
accusative	einen	den	Kontinent	die	Kontinente

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Doppelkontinent
• Kleinkontinent
• Nordkontinent
• Old-Red-Kontinent
• Ostkontinent
• Subkontinent
• Südkontinent
• Superkontinent
• Westkontinent

Further reading

• “Kontinent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kontinent” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Kontinent” in Duden online
• Kontinent on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• khontinent (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kontinent

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔntiˌnɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Syllabification: Kon‧ti‧nent

Noun

Kontinent m (plural Kontinente)

1. continent (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Hyponyms

continents: Kontinenteedit

• Afrika
• Amerika
  • Nordamerika
  • Siedamerika
• Asje
• Ëuropa