Wiktionary

Land

See also: land, länd, lǟnd, and -land

EnglishEdit

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Land

  1. A surname from Middle English.
    • 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.

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AlbanianEdit

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EtymologyEdit

“Heath-dweller; pasture-dweller”, probably from lëndë (“matter, timber”), connected to lëndinë (“pasture, grassland”).

Proper nounEdit

Land m

  1. a male given name

Alemannic GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą. Cognate with German Land, Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).

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Land n (plural Länder)

  1. land
  2. country

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Compare Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /lant/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

NounEdit

Land n (strong, genitive Landes or Lands, plural Länder or (elevated or poetic) Lande, diminutive Ländchen n or Ländlein n)

  1. country (territory of a nation)
  2. state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy)
  3. land (real estate or landed property)
  4. land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
  5. country, countryside (rural area, as opposed to a town or city)

Usage notesEdit

  • 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".

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Land [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Land die Länder, Lande2
genitive eines des Landes, Lands der Länder, Lande2
dative einem dem Land, Lande1 den Ländern, Landen2
accusative ein das Land die Länder, Lande2

1Now uncommon, see notes.
2Elevated or poetic.

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  • → Polish: ląd

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HunsrikEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

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Land n (plural Lenner)

  1. land
  2. country

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LuxembourgishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą.

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Land n (plural Länner)

  1. (uncountable) land
  2. country

Pennsylvania GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German lant. Compare German Land, Dutch land, English land.

NounEdit

Land n (plural Lenner)

  1. land
  2. country
  3. soil, garden bed
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