kontinental
German, adjective[kɔntinɛnˈtaːl]
kontinental is spelled K-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-A-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 92,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kontinental is a German adjective meaning “continental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Kontinent betreffend, zu einem Kontinent gehörend”.
What does kontinental mean in English?
adjective
- 1
continental
adverb
- 1
continentally
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den Kontinent betreffend, zu einem Kontinent gehörend 2. das Festland betreffend, zum Festland gehörend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kontinental
- kontinentaler masculine nominative singular
- kontinentale feminine nominative singular
- kontinentales neuter nominative singular
- kontinentalen genitive masculine singular
- kontinentalem dative masculine singular
- der kontinentale definite includes-article masculine
- die kontinentale definite feminine includes-article
- das kontinentale definite includes-article neuter
- die kontinentalen definite includes-article nominative
- des kontinentalen definite genitive includes-article
- der kontinentalen definite feminine genitive
- dem kontinentalen dative definite includes-article
- den kontinentalen dative definite includes-article
- am kontinentalsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kontinental?
- [kɔntinɛnˈtaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kontinental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kontinental in German?
kontinental appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).