Land
English
Proper noun
Land
- A surname.
- 2012, Peter Moormann, Music and Game: Perspectives on a Popular Alliance (page 82)
- After the success of Secret of Monkey Island (1990), composer Michael Land longed for a more flexible system to integrate his music into a game.
- 2012, Peter Moormann, Music and Game: Perspectives on a Popular Alliance (page 82)
Derived terms
- Land camera
Albanian
Alternative forms
- Landi
Etymology
“Heath-dweller; pasture-dweller”, probably from lëndë (“matter, timber”), connected to lëndinë (“pasture, grassland”).
Proper noun
Land m
- A male given name.
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-Germanic *landą. Cognate with German Land, Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).
Pronunciation
- (Zurich) IPA(key): /lɒnd/
Noun
Land n (plural Länder)
- land
- country
German
Etymology
From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Compare Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lant/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ant
Noun
Land n (genitive Landes or Lands, plural Länder or Lande, diminutive Ländchen n or Ländlein n)
- country (territory of a nation)
- state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy)
- land (real estate or landed property)
- land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
- country, countryside (rural area, as opposed to a town or city)
Usage notes
- The normal plural is Länder. The plural Lande is elevated or poetic, and is occasionally used in modern German to mean "countryside, vast areas", e.g. die weiten Lande Sibiriens – "the wide lands of Siberia".
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Land | die | Länder |
| genitive | eines | des | Landes, Lands | der | Länder |
| dative | einem | dem | Land, Lande1 | den | Ländern |
| accusative | ein | das | Land | die | Länder |
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Land | die | Lande |
| genitive | eines | des | Landes, Lands | der | Lande |
| dative | einem | dem | Land, Lande1 | den | Landen |
| accusative | ein | das | Land | die | Lande |
Hyponyms
- See: Category:de:Countries
Derived terms
- Ackerland
- aller Herren Ländern (aus aller Herren Ländern, in aller Herren Ländern, nach aller Herren Ländern), aller Herren Länder (durch aller Herren Länder, für aller Herren Länder, but also aus aller Herren Länder, in aller Herren Länder)
- Ausland
- Bergland
- Brachland
- Bundesland
- Feuchtland
- Flachland
- Grasland
- Grünland
- Heimatland
- Herkunftsland
- Hochland
- Inland
- Landesgrenze
- Landesteil
- Landesvater
- Landesverfassung
- Landesverrat
- landlos
- Landstreicher
- Landstrich
- Moorland
- Niemandsland
- Ödland
- Sumpfland
- Tiefland
- Trockenland
- Ursprungsland
- Vorzeigeland
Related terms
- Niederlande
- Niderlendisch (adjective)
- Oberlendisch (adjective)
Descendants
- → Polish: ląd
Further reading
- Land in Duden online
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lant/
Noun
Land n (plural Lenner)
- land
- country
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German lant, from Proto-Germanic *landą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑnt/
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Noun
Land n (plural Länner)
- (uncountable) land
- country
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German Land, Dutch land, English land.
Noun
Land n (plural Lenner)
- land
- country
- soil, garden bed