Continent

See also: continent and continnent

English

Proper noun

the Continent

  1. (obsolete) The Old World.
    • 1652, Peter Heylin, Cosmographie:
      the whole Continent of Europe, Asia, Africa.
  2. Synonym of Europe (including Britain)
  3. (UK) Mainland Europe, as seen from the British Isles.

Derived terms

Noun

Continent (plural Continents)

  1. An Encratite.

Further reading

German

Noun

Continent m (strong, genitive Continentes or Continents, plural Continente)

  1. 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
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.

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