Irland

See also: Írland

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Írland, from Írar m pl (“Irishmen”), see irer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈiɐ̯ˌlanˀ]

Proper noun

Irland

Ireland (a country in Europe)
Irland er en ø og et land i Vesteuropa.
Ireland is an island and a country in Western Europe.

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɪrlant/, [ˈʔɪʁ.lant], [ˈʔɪɐ̯-]
Note that, while Ire and irisch have a long vowel, Irland has a short one.
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Proper noun

Irland n (proper noun, genitive Irlands or (optionally with an article) Irland, plural (rare) Irlande)

Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe)
- 1856, Albert Werfer, Leben ausgezeichneter Katholiken der drei letzten Jahrhunderte. Vierzehntes Bändchen: Leben und Wirken des Daniel O'Connell, page 56:
  Und diese drei feindlichen Lager sollten nun auf einmal in Eins verschmolzen, beide Irlande sollten mit sich und mit England zu Einem unzertrennlichen Ganzen verbunden werden.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms

Irländer
irländisch
Nordirland
Südirland

Related terms

Ire
irisch
- Irisch

Middle English

Etymology

Old English Īr- + land or Middle Irish Éire + land. See Ireland.

Proper noun

Irland

Ireland

Norwegian Bokmål

Riksvåpen, Republikken Irland

Etymology

From Old Norse Írland.

Proper noun

Irland

Ireland (an island in Europe)
Ireland (a country in Europe)
Synonym: (full name) Republikken Irland

Related terms

ire
irlender
irlending
irsk
Nord-Irland

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Írland.

Proper noun

Irland

Ireland (an island in Europe)
Ireland (a country in Europe)
Synonym: (full name) Republikken Irland

Related terms

ire
irlendar
irlending
irsk
Nord-Irland

Old English

Etymology

Derived from Īras (“the Irish”) and land (“land, country”). The first element could also be an unattested singular form *Īr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈiːrˌlɑnd/

Proper noun

Īrland n

Ireland

Declension

Declension of Irland (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Īrland	—
accusative	Īrland	—
genitive	Īrlandes	—
dative	Īrlande	—

Synonyms

Īra land

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Īrland”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Írland.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɪr.land/
Hyphenation: Ir‧land

Proper noun

Irland n (genitive Irlands)

Ireland (an island in Europe)
Ireland (a country in Europe)

Anagrams

lindra