Continent
(Redirected from the Continent)
See also: continent and continnent
English edit
Proper noun edit
the Continent
- (obsolete) The Old World.
- 1652, Peter Heylin, Cosmographie:
- the whole Continent of Europe, Asia, Africa.
- Synonym of Europe (including Britain)
- (UK) Mainland Europe, as seen from the British Isles.
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
Continent (plural Continents)
- An Encratite.
Further reading edit
- The Continent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German edit
Noun edit
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.
- 1856, Theodor Mommsen, Römische Geschichte [History of Rome], volume 1, Erstes Buch: Bis zur Abschaffung des römischen Königtums, 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 edit
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 rare, see notes.