Kontinent
See also: kontinent
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin continēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔntinɛnt/, /kɔntiˈnɛnt/
Audio: (file)
Noun
Kontinent m (strong, genitive Kontinentes or Kontinents, plural Kontinente)
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[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔntiˌnɛnt/
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
- Syllabification: Kon‧ti‧nent
Noun
Kontinent m (plural Kontinente)
- continent (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
Hyponyms
continents: Kontinenteedit
- Afrika
- Amerika
- Nordamerika
- Siedamerika
- Asje
- Ëuropa
References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Kontinent”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 95, column 2